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sacrify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sac-ri-fy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete form of sacrifice.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin sacrificō (“make or offer a sacrifice”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sacrifies (present, singular) sacrifying (participle, present) sacrified (participle, past) sacrified (past)

Questions

What does sacrify mean?
Obsolete form of sacrifice.
Where does sacrify come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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