sanctify

v. தூயதாக்கு, புனிதப்படுத்து, திருநிலை சார்த்து, புனிதத் தன்மையூட்டு, சமயநிறை நேர் ஒப்புதலளி, திருநிலை நேர்மைப்படுத்து, சமயவிதிமுறைக்கு இணங்குவி, குற்றமற்ற தோற்றம் வழங்கு, குற்றமற்ற தன்மை சார்த்து, முழுநிறை ஒப்புதலளி.

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Sanc"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctified; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctifying.] Etym: [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. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3. Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garnment. Lev. viii. 30. 2. To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify. Sanctify them through thy truth. John xvii. 17. 3. To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety. A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act. Eikon Basilike. 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. The holy man, amazed at what he saw, Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law. Dryden. Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line. Pope.