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sanc⋅ti⋅fy
[sangk-tuh-fahy] 
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
| 1. | to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate. |
| 2. | to purify or free from sin: Sanctify your hearts. |
| 3. | to impart religious sanction to; render legitimate or binding: to sanctify a vow. |
| 4. | to entitle to reverence or respect. |
| 5. | to make productive of or conducive to spiritual blessing. |
Origin:
1350–1400; < LL sānctificāre (see Sanctus, -ify ); r. ME seintefien < OF saintifier < L, as above
1350–1400; < LL sānctificāre (see Sanctus, -ify ); r. ME seintefien < OF saintifier < L, as above
Related forms:
sanc⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sanc⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
sanc⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅bly, adverb
sanc⋅ti⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
sanc⋅ti⋅fi⋅er, noun
sanc⋅ti⋅fy⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. bless, hallow, anoint, enshrine, exalt.
1. bless, hallow, anoint, enshrine, exalt.
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| sanc·ti·fy (sāngk'tə-fī') tr.v. sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing, sanc·ti·fies
[Middle English seintefien, sanctifien, from Old French saintifier, from Late Latin sānctificāre : Latin sānctus, holy, from past participle of sancīre, to consecrate; see sak- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficāre, -fy.] sanc'ti·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., sanc'ti·fi'er n. |
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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. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. --Gen. ii. 3. Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments. --Lev. viii. 30. 2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. Sanctify them through thy truth. --John xvii. 17. 3. 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. 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. 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.
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Language Translation for : sanctify
Spanish:
santificar,
German:
heiligen,
Japanese:
神聖にする
sanctify
1390, seintefie "to consecrate," from O.Fr. saintifier (12c.), from L.L. sanctificare "to make holy," from sanctus "holy" (see saint) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Form altered to conform with Latin. Meaning "to render holy or legitimate by religious sanction" is from 1402; transf. sense of "to render worthy of respect" is from 1606.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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