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.
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God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments.
--Lev. viii.
30.
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2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption
and pollution; to purify.
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Sanctify them through thy truth. --John xvii.
17.
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3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render
productive of holiness or piety.
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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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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.
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The holy man, amazed at what he saw,
Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. --Dryden.
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Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sanctify
v 1: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate,
bless, hallow] [ant: desecrate]
2: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery
purified" [syn: purify, purge]
[also: sanctified]
WordNet (r) 2.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "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,
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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