Sanctifying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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