Antonyms for enshrine


Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-shrahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈʃraɪn


Definition of enshrine

Origin :
  • 1580s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + shrine. Related: Enshrined; enshrining.
  • verb hold as sacred
Example sentences :
  • "So much the more need that we enshrine her image in our own hearts," rejoined Plato.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • If I should tell her that Jones died in Brazil, she'd enshrine him in her memory.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • And they would erect a temple wherein to enshrine the divine fragment.
  • Extract from : « King Candaules » by Thophile Gautier
  • It is so sweet to enshrine you in such a pure romance, mamma.
  • Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green
  • A place in which to enshrine and worship her during the years to come; for what else could it be?
  • Extract from : « When Dreams Come True » by Ritter Brown
  • We shall try them and build sheds for them, but not enshrine them in our homes or temples.
  • Extract from : « Nationalism » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • To worship, to enshrine, to follow blindly, was instinctive with the savage.
  • Extract from : « The home » by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • But he is one of those who need not a marble tomb to enshrine their memory.
  • Extract from : « History of the Cathedral Church of Wells » by Edward A. Freeman
  • When we do so even The Law will be found to enshrine an evangel.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther » by Walter Adeney
  • The central medallion of the pediment should enshrine Civick Unity.
  • Extract from : « The Passionate Elopement » by Compton Mackenzie

Synonyms for enshrine

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