Sanctify: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To show to be real or true; to prove.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…

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To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

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To consecrate anew or again.

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To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spir…

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A messenger.

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A messenger.

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See Nonesuch.

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See Nonesuch.

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A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

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A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

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The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;

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The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;

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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…

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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…

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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

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Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

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To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.

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To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

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To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metal…

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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…

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