(v) ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

(v) make known; pass on, of information

(v) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring

(v) tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"

(v) bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"

(n) correct or appropriate behavior

(v) render holy by means of religious rites

(v) dedicate to a deity by a vow

(v) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"

(v) appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"

(a) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"

(n) the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

(n) (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

(n) a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth

(v) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

(v) come to understand

(n) the lens or system of lenses nearest the object being viewed

(n) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"

(s) belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "concrete benefits"; "a concrete example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind"

(a) undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"

(s) emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation; "objective art"

(a) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings"