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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sainted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sainting}.]
To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical
act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or
reputation of a saint to (some one).
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A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been
beatified, though never sainted. --Addison.
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{To saint it}, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety.
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Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. --Pope.
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