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sanctify

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sanctify  \Sanc"ti*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sanctified};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Sanctifying}.]  [F.  sanctifier,  L.  sanctificare; 
  sanctus  holy  +  -ficare  (in  comp.)  to  make  See  {Saint},  and 
  {-fy}.] 
  1.  To  make  sacred  or  holy;  to  set  apart  to  a  holy  or 
  religious  use  to  consecrate  by  appropriate  rites;  to 
  hallow. 
 
  God  blessed  the  seventh  day  and  sanctified  it 
  --Gen.  ii  3. 
 
  Moses  .  .  .  sanctified  Aaron  and  his  garments. 
  --Lev.  viii. 
  30. 
 
  2.  To  make  free  from  sin;  to  cleanse  from  moral  corruption 
  and  pollution;  to  purify. 
 
  Sanctify  them  through  thy  truth.  --John  xvii. 
  17. 
 
  3.  To  make  efficient  as  the  means  of  holiness;  to  render 
  productive  of  holiness  or  piety. 
 
  A  means  which  his  mercy  hath  sanctified  so  to  me  as 
  to  make  me  repent  of  that  unjust  act  --Eikon 
  Basilike 
 
  4.  To  impart  or  impute  sacredness,  venerableness, 
  inviolability,  title  to  reverence  and  respect,  or  the 
  like  to  to  secure  from  violation;  to  give  sanction  to 
 
  The  holy  man,  amazed  at  what  he  saw,  Made  haste  to 
  sanctify  the  bliss  by  law.  --Dryden. 
 
  Truth  guards  the  poet,  sanctifies  the  line  --Pope. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sanctify 
  v  1:  render  holy  by  means  of  religious  rites  [syn:  {consecrate}, 
  {bless},  {hallow}]  [ant:  {desecrate}] 
  2:  declare  holy  or  pure  or  free  from  sin;  "he  left  the 
  monastery  ourified"  [syn:  {purify}]




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