immolate
pronunciation
How to pronounce immolate in British English:
UK [ˈɪməleɪt]
How to pronounce immolate in American English:
US ['ɪməleɪt]
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- Verb:
- offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
Word Origin
- immolate
- immolate: see mill
- immolate (v.)
- 1540s, "to sacrifice, kill as a victim," from Latin immolatus, past participle of immolare "to sacrifice," originally "to sprinkle with sacrificial meal," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + mola (salsa) "(sacrificial) meal," related to molere "to grind" (see mallet). Related: Immolated; immolating.
Example
- 1. Already this month a widowed mother of four and a teenage student have become the first tibetan lay women to immolate themselves .
- 2. If you immolate a victim for thanksgiving to the lord , that he may be favourable .