hallow
verb (used with object)
to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
had hallowed
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past perfectof hallow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Upon the opposite side of the river there was the beautiful valley of the Tromeur, watered by a sacred fountain which Christianity had hallowed by connecting it with the worship of the Virgin.
From Recollections of My Youth by Renan, Ernest
But after one instant's hesitation, they opened their arms, and sealed their resolve with as pure and fond an embrace as ever youthful love had hallowed.
From The Snow Image and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
But she had hallowed it in his eyes, and he would have been only too happy to have worn a shred of it near his heart, as a talisman.
From The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Anthony
But from that door the slow procession moved, and those whose hospitable smile and word had hallowed every room returned no more.
From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William
Betrothed he was to me, the proud Irish hero; his arms I had hallowed; for me he went to battle.
From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie
