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sanctify 音标拼音: [s'æŋktəfɑɪ] vt. 使神圣,奉献给神,使成为神圣之物 使神圣,奉献给神,使成为神圣之物 sanctify v 1: render holy by means of religious rites [ synonym: { consecrate}, { bless}, { hallow}, { sanctify}] [ ant: { deconsecrate}, { desecrate}, { unhallow}] 2: make pure or free from sin or guilt; " he left the monastery purified" [ synonym: { purify}, { purge}, { sanctify}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. -- Gen. ii. 3. [ 1913 Webster] Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments. -- Lev. viii. 30. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. [ 1913 Webster] Sanctify them through thy truth. -- John xvii. 17. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety. [ 1913 Webster] A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act. -- Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 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, uplift
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