hallow
verb (used with object)
to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
has hallowed
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present perfectof hallow (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We do not mean to say that we have, or ever had, any objection to those coppers which long custom has hallowed, and which have been consecrated to charity.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Alas, where were those whose hearts were wont to feel cheered at that happy peal; whose infancy it had gladdened; whose old age it has hallowed?
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Charles James Lever
And thus in me, and thus in me, they sighed, Aspiring Love has hallowed Passion's tide.
From Poems — Volume 1 by George Meredith
So He has hallowed all by taking part in them.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren
All that it had of gross, he has softened;—all that it had of indelicate, he has purified;—all that it had of passionate, he has beautified;—all that it had of holy, he has hallowed.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
