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sanctify

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Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

sanc=ti=fy

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb sanctify has 2 senses

sanctify(v = verb.communication) bless, consecrate, hallow - render holy by means of religious rites;

is one way to declare

Derived forms noun saint₂, noun saint₁, noun sanctification₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

sanctify(v = verb.change) purge, purify - make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Derived forms noun saint₃, noun saint₂, noun sanctification₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sanctify, v. t. [F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Saint, and -fy.].

To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow. [1913 Webster]
"God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it." [1913 Webster]

"Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments." [1913 Webster]
To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. [1913 Webster]
"Sanctify them through thy truth." [1913 Webster]
To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety. [1913 Webster]
"A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act." [1913 Webster]
To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to. [1913 Webster]
"The holy man, amazed at what he saw,
Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law." [1913 Webster]

"Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sanctify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 consecrate; set apart or observe as holy.
2 purify or free from sin.
3 make legitimate or binding by religious sanction; justify; give the colour of morality or innocence to.
4 make productive of or conducive to holiness.

Derivative

sanctification n. sanctifier n.

Etymology

ME f. OF saintifier f. eccl.L sanctificare f. L sanctus holy

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THESAURUS

sanctify

aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, bless, canonize, cleanse, confirm, consecrate, crown, dedicate, deify, devote, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, exalt, glamorize, glorify, hallow, immortalize, justify, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, license, lionize, magnify, make legendary, purify, raise, ratify, saint, sanction, set apart, set up, throne, uplift

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sanctify

Deity

VB create, move, uphold, preserve, govern, atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate, predestinate, elect, call, ordain, bless, justify, sanctify, glorify Adj, almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial, sacrosanct, all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise, omniscient, superhuman, supernatural, ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical, unearthly, theistic, theocratic, anointed, soterial.

Piety

VB be pious, have faith, believe, receive Christ, revere, be converted, convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecrate, enshrine.

Dueness

VB be due, to, be the due, of, have right to, have title to, have claim to, be entitled to, have a claim upon, belong to, deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve, demand, claim, call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for, revendicate, reclaim, exact, insist on, insist upon, challenge, take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good, substantiate, vindicate a claim, vindicate a right, fit for, qualify for, make out a case, give a right, confer a right, entitle, authorize, sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot, give every one his due, pay one's dues, have one's due, have one's rights, use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution.