2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.

Con*scrip"tion (?), a. Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Con"se*crate (?), a. [L. consceratus, p. p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred.] Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

They were assembled in that consecrate place.

Bacon.

Con"se*crate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consecrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consecrating.] 1. To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.

One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest.

Sharp.

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