[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sacrifice \sac"rifice\ ?; 277, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   sacrificed; p. pr.  vb. n. sacrificing. from
   sacrifice, n.: cf. f. sacrifier, l. sacrificare; sacer
   sacred, holy + -ficare only in comp. to make. see -fy.
   1. to make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a
      divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a
      token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the
      altar of god, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor,
      or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a
      sheep.
      1913 webster

            oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for
      the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a
      higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with
      loss or suffering.
      1913 webster

            condemned to sacrifice his childish years
            to babbling ignorance, and to empty fears. --prior.
      1913 webster

            the baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the
            sake of . . . making this boy his heir. --g. eliot.
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   3. to destroy; to kill. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   4. to sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
      tradesmen's cant
      1913 webster
see also:
sacrificed sacrificing sacrifice -fy 

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