I. Lit., to render unholy, deprive of sanctity, to unhallow, desecrate, profane (perh. not ante - Aug.): “dies festos, sacra, sacerdotes,” Liv. 31, 44: “sacrum,” Ov. Am. 3, 9, 19: “festum,” id. M. 4, 390: “sacra,” Petr. 89: “funus,” Stat. Th. 9, 8: “sabbata,” Vulg. Ezech. 23, 38: “justitias,” id. Psa. 88, 32.—
II. Transf.