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hal⋅low

1 [hal-oh]

–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

Related forms:

hal⋅low⋅er, noun

2 [huh-loh]

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

[huh-loh]

interjection, noun, plural -los, verb, -loed, -lo⋅ing.

–interjection

1.	(used to call or answer someone, or to incite dogs in hunting.)

–noun

2.	the cry “hallo!”

3.	a shout of exultation.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to call with a loud voice; shout; cry, as after hunting dogs.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to incite or chase (something) with shouts and cries of “hallo!”

6.	to cry “hallo” to (someone).

7.	to shout (something).

Origin:
1560–70; var. of hollo, itself var. of earlier holla < MF hola, equiv. to ho ahoy + la there

Link To hallows

hal·low (hāl'ō)

tr.v. hal·lowed, hal·low·ing, hal·lows

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

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