hallow
verb (used with object)
to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
hallows
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present tense formof hallow (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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He came on a meadow between two streams where the flower called white hallows grew thick, and as these blossoms are rare and prized by healers, he came back again next day.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
It is not in them, surely, that we are to seek for the mysterious charm that hallows ancient objects and the historical antiquities of the world.
From Shakespeare's England by William Winter
The same tranquil beauty, as of old, hallows this place; the same sense of awe and mystery broods over its silent shrines of everlasting renown.
From Shakespeare's England by William Winter
When the shrines through the foliage are gleaming half-shown, And each hallows the hour by some rites of its own.
From Thomas Moore by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars,—not so sparkling and vivid as many, but dispensing a calm radiance that hallows the whole.
From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou
