| 单词 | sanctify |
| 释义 | sanctify (once / 849 pages) v To sanctify something is to make it pure or holy. You might see a priest sanctify a church in your neighborhood — that means it’s holy. Sanctify often has a religious connotation. If you get married, you might have a religious ceremony to sanctify your union. That means the marriage is viewed as legitimate according to your religion. Sanctify can also mean that something is made free from sin, like when the Pope sanctifies a person. Or you can use it for anything that’s made right or acceptable. Your mom’s support may sanctify the odd outfit you wore to the family reunion. Thanks, Mom! WORD FAMILYsanctify: sanctification, sanctified, sanctifies, sanctifying, unsanctify+/saint: sainted, sainthood, sainting, saintlike, saintly, saints, sanctify/sainted: saintedly/sainthood: sainthoods/saintly: saintliness/sanctification: sanctifications, unsanctification/sanctified: sanctifiedest, unsanctified/unsanctify: unsanctifies USAGE EXAMPLESManagement theorists sanctify capitalism in much the same way that clergymen of yore sanctified feudalism. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) Before I sound like I am sanctifying Alan I will add that his support and engagement, in the best sense, was often challenging. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) An unfolding transformation from the socially stratified dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz to an egalitarian socialist ideal would be visualized — and sanctified — in magnificent civic paintings. Los Angeles Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1v render holy by means of religious rites Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bless, consecrate, hallow deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow remove the consecration from a person or an object reconsecrate consecrate anew, as after a desecration declare state emphatically and authoritatively 2v make pure or free from sin or guilt Syn|Hypo|Hyper purge, purify spiritualise, spiritualize purify from the corrupting influences of the world lustratepurify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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