Sacrifice, subst. 1) the act of offering any thing to God: Wint. III, 1, 6. Troil. IV, 2, 66. Cor. I, 10, 21. Tit. II, 3, 164. Oth. V, 2, 65. Cymb. V, 5, 398. “to do s.” Caes. II, 2, 5. Per. V, 1, 242. V, 2, 12. “give you thankful s.” Cor. I, 6, 9. Ant. I, 2, 167.
2) that which is offered or immolated: Merch. III, 2, 57. John II, 420. H4A IV, 1, 113. H5 IV Chor. H5 IV Chor. H8 II, 1, 77. Troil. I, 2, 308. V, 3, 18. Tit. I, 124. Lr. V, 3, 20. Cymb. I, 2, 3.
3) that which is destroyed for the sake of something else: “the back is s. to the load,” H8 I, 2, 50. “poor --s of our enmity,” Rom. V, 3, 304.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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