sac·ri·fice
(s
k
r
-f
s
)
KEY
NOUN:
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- The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.
- A victim offered in this way.
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- Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.
- Something so forfeited.
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- Relinquishment of something at less than its presumed value.
- Something so relinquished.
- A loss so sustained.
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Baseball
A sacrifice hit or sacrifice fly.
VERB:
sac·ri·ficed
,
sac·ri·fic·ing
,
sac·ri·fic·es
VERB:
tr.
- To offer as a sacrifice to a deity.
- To forfeit (one thing) for another thing considered to be of greater value.
- To sell or give away at a loss.
VERB:
intr.
- To make or offer a sacrifice.
-
Baseball
To make a sacrifice hit or sacrifice fly.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin
sacrificium :
sacer,
sacred ; see
sacred
+
facere,
to make; see
dh
- in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
sacri·ficer
(Noun)
