'Sanctify' definitions:
Definition of 'sanctify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow]
verb
Definition of 'Sanctify'
From: 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. [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]
Synonyms of 'sanctify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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