sanctify
verb (used with object)
to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
has sanctified
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present perfectof sanctify (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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Time has sanctified Austen, though there are still those who don’t see what the fuss is about.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2016
Custom has sanctified this exemption, which stems from the time when Church and State were one.
From Time Magazine Archive
I love you, lady of Puerto Rico, Like the noble blood that has sanctified The Fatherland of Betances and of Diego* And of the wise master, Albizu Campos .
From Time Magazine Archive
Even defecation is ruled by African gods, who command that we use only the bushes that Tata Kuvudundu has sanctified for those purposes—and believe you me, he chooses bushes far away from the drinking water.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Ours in India had an origin like those which time has sanctified by obscurity.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
