sac·ri·fice (s k r -f s )n. 1. a. The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person. b. A victim offered in this way. 2. a. Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim. b. Something so forfeited. 3. a. Relinquishment of something at less than its presumed value. b. Something so relinquished. c. A loss so sustained. 4. Baseball A sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly. v. sac·ri·ficed, sac·ri·fic·ing, sac·ri·fic·es v.tr. 1. To offer as a sacrifice to a deity. 2. To forfeit (one thing) for another thing considered to be of greater value. 3. To sell or give away at a loss. v.intr. 1. To make or offer a sacrifice. 2. Baseball To make a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrificium : sacer, sacred; see sacred + facere, to make; see dh  - in Indo-European roots.]sac ri·ficer n. |
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| Noun | 1. | sacrificer - a religious person who offers up a sacrifice religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity |
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