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poświęcać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • devote verb To give one's time, energy, or resources entirely to a particular purpose or person.
  • hallow verb To treat as sacred; to make or declare holy.
  • sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.

Senses

poświęcać is used for these senses in English:

  • hallow (transitive) To make holy, to sanctify.
  • sacrifice (business, slang, dated) To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
  • sacrifice To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.

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