[sac.ri.fice] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L sacrificium, fr. sacr-, sacer + facere to make--more at do] (13c) 1: an act of offering to a deity something precious; esp: the killing of a victim on an altar
2: something offered in sacrifice 3 a: destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else b: something given up or lost "the ~s made by parents"
4: loss "goods sold at a ~"
5: sacrifice hit
[2]sacrifice vb -ficed ; -fic.ing vt (14c) 1: to offer as a sacrifice
2: to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy esp. for an ideal, belief, or end
3: to sell at a loss ~ vi 1: to make or perform the rites of a sacrifice
2: to make a sacrifice hit in baseball -- sac.ri.fic.er n