Obsecrated

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Earnestly begged or pleaded with someone, as in an old-fashioned or solemn appeal for help or mercy
2. Entreated with great urgency and seriousness, often in a formal or religious manner
3. Implored humbly and fervently, asking for something with deep sincerity and solemn feeling

Etymology: "Obsecrated" is the past tense and past participle of "obsecrate," a verb meaning to beseech or entreat earnestly. The verb comes from the Latin "obsecrare," built from "ob," meaning "before" or "towards," and "sacrare," to consecrate or make sacred. The original sense is literally to call upon someone by sacred things, pleading as if before a holy presence. That religious force faded over the centuries, leaving a word that now sounds formal and archaic, reserved for the most urgent kind of appeal.

Synonyms: beseech, implore, entreat, beg