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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saint  \Saint\  (s[=a]nt),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sainted};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Sainting}.] 
  To  make  a  saint  of  to  enroll  among  the  saints  by  an  offical 
  act  as  of  the  pope;  to  canonize;  to  give  the  title  or 
  reputation  of  a  saint  to  (some  one). 
 
  A  large  hospital,  erected  by  a  shoemaker  who  has  been 
  beatified,  though  never  sainted.  --Addison. 
 
  {To  saint  it},  to  act  as  a  saint,  or  with  a  show  of  piety. 
 
  Whether  the  charmer  sinner  it  or  saint  it  --Pope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sainted  \Saint"ed\,  a. 
  1.  Consecrated;  sacred;  holy;  pious.  ``A  most  sainted  king.'' 
  --Shak. 
 
  Amongst  the  enthroned  gods  on  sainted  seats. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Entered  into  heaven;  --  a  euphemism  for  {dead}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sainted 
  adj  :  marked  by  utter  benignity;  resembling  or  befitting  an  angel 
  or  saint;  "angelic  benificence";  "a  beatific  smile";  "a 
  saintly  concern  for  his  fellow  men";  "my  sainted 
  mother"  [syn:  {angelic},  {angelical},  {beatific},  {saintlike}, 
  {saintly}] 




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