deconsecrate
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de·con·se·crate
(dē-kŏn′sĭ-krāt′)tr.v. de·con·se·crat·ed, de·con·se·crat·ing, de·con·se·crates
To make (a church, synagogue, or temple, for example) no longer consecrated.
de·con′se·cra′tion n.
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deconsecrate
(diːˈkɒnsɪˌkreɪt)vb
(Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to transfer (a church) to secular use
deˌconseˈcration n
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deconsecrate
Past participle: deconsecrated
Gerund: deconsecrating
| Imperative |
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| deconsecrate |
| deconsecrate |
| Present |
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| I deconsecrate |
| you deconsecrate |
| he/she/it deconsecrates |
| we deconsecrate |
| you deconsecrate |
| they deconsecrate |
| Preterite |
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| I deconsecrated |
| you deconsecrated |
| he/she/it deconsecrated |
| we deconsecrated |
| you deconsecrated |
| they deconsecrated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am deconsecrating |
| you are deconsecrating |
| he/she/it is deconsecrating |
| we are deconsecrating |
| you are deconsecrating |
| they are deconsecrating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have deconsecrated |
| you have deconsecrated |
| he/she/it has deconsecrated |
| we have deconsecrated |
| you have deconsecrated |
| they have deconsecrated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was deconsecrating |
| you were deconsecrating |
| he/she/it was deconsecrating |
| we were deconsecrating |
| you were deconsecrating |
| they were deconsecrating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had deconsecrated |
| you had deconsecrated |
| he/she/it had deconsecrated |
| we had deconsecrated |
| you had deconsecrated |
| they had deconsecrated |
| Future |
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| I will deconsecrate |
| you will deconsecrate |
| he/she/it will deconsecrate |
| we will deconsecrate |
| you will deconsecrate |
| they will deconsecrate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have deconsecrated |
| you will have deconsecrated |
| he/she/it will have deconsecrated |
| we will have deconsecrated |
| you will have deconsecrated |
| they will have deconsecrated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be deconsecrating |
| you will be deconsecrating |
| he/she/it will be deconsecrating |
| we will be deconsecrating |
| you will be deconsecrating |
| they will be deconsecrating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been deconsecrating |
| you have been deconsecrating |
| he/she/it has been deconsecrating |
| we have been deconsecrating |
| you have been deconsecrating |
| they have been deconsecrating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been deconsecrating |
| you will have been deconsecrating |
| he/she/it will have been deconsecrating |
| we will have been deconsecrating |
| you will have been deconsecrating |
| they will have been deconsecrating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been deconsecrating |
| you had been deconsecrating |
| he/she/it had been deconsecrating |
| we had been deconsecrating |
| you had been deconsecrating |
| they had been deconsecrating |
| Conditional |
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| I would deconsecrate |
| you would deconsecrate |
| he/she/it would deconsecrate |
| we would deconsecrate |
| you would deconsecrate |
| they would deconsecrate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have deconsecrated |
| you would have deconsecrated |
| he/she/it would have deconsecrated |
| we would have deconsecrated |
| you would have deconsecrated |
| they would have deconsecrated |
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Verb 1. deconsecrate - remove the consecration from a person or an object
change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
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Translations
deconsecrate
vt → dekonsekrieren
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