sanctifying

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.
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            God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
                                                  --Gen. ii. 3.
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            Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments.
                                                  --Lev. viii.
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   2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption
      and pollution; to purify.
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            Sanctify them through thy truth.      --John xvii.
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   3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render
      productive of holiness or piety.
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            A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as
            to make me repent of that unjust act. --Eikon
                                                  Basilike.
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   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.
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            The holy man, amazed at what he saw,
            Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. --Dryden.
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            Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. --Pope.
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