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hal·low1

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.

2.	to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate: to hallow a battlefield.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME hal(o)wen, OE hālgian (c. G heiligen, ON helga), deriv. of hālig holy

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—Related forms

hal·low·er, noun

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hal·low2

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–interjection, noun, verb (used without object), verb (used with object)

hallo.

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hal·low Audio Help (hāl'ō) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. hal·lowed, hal·low·ing, hal·lows

To make or set apart as holy.
To respect or honor greatly; revere.

[Middle English halwen, from Old English hālgian; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]

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hallow

O.E. halgian "to make holy, to honor as holy," related to halig "holy," from P.Gmc. *khailig (cf. O.S. helagon, M.Du. heligen, O.N. helga; see health). Used in Christian translations to render L. sanctificare.

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hallow
verb
render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate] [ant: deconsecrate]

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Hallow

Hal"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.] [OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. h[=a]lgian, fr. h[=a]lig holy. See Holy.] To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." --Matt. vi. 9.

Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. --Jer. xvii. 24.

His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. --Milton.

In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg]. --A. Lincoln.

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