01 v. t. To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
imp. & p. p.
Sanctified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sanctifying
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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.
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To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.“Sanctify them through thy truth.” — John xvii. 17.
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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.
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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.