Sanctify



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使神圣
• ［类］ 反义词: desecrate ( 亵渎)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle English seintefien, sanctifien, from Anglo-French seintefier, sanctifier, from Late Latin sanctificare, from Latin sanctus sacred — more at saint
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use ; consecrate
• 2. to free from sin ; purify
• 3.
  • a. to impart or impute sacredness, inviolability, or respect to
  • b. to give moral or social sanction to
• 4. to make productive of holiness or piety <observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it — Deuteronomy 5:12(Douay Version)>

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