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Word entry · 9 letters

sacrifice

Best crossword clue

"Give up for gain"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/Part of speech noun, verbSorted accefiirsStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

Word origin

From Middle English sacrificen (“to offer a sacrifice to a deity”), from sacrifice (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs).

Used in a sentence

  • […] Moloch, horrid King beſmear'd with blood / Of human ſacrifice, and parents tears, / Though for the noyſe of Drums and Timbrels loud / Their childrens cries unheard, that paſt through fire / To his grim Idol.
  • O th'inchaunting vvords of that baſe ſlaue, / Made him to thinke Epeus pine-tree Horſe [i.e., the Trojan Horse] / A ſacrifize t'appeaſe Mineruas vvrath: […]
  • Make of your Prayers one ſvveet Sacrifice, / And lift my Soule to Heauen.

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