hallow
verb (used with object)
to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
have hallowed
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present perfectof hallow.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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Since Cartier's day four centuries of history have hallowed the soil of Canada with memories and associations never to be forgotten.
From The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier by Wrong, George McKinnon
In telling it I shall not dwell on the agonies and bloodshed which have hallowed this place for ever; they are done with, and those who suffered have been at rest for nearly sixty years.
From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)
I may not see that blessed land, But she roams o'er the sod The Lord's pure eyes have hallowed, Where once His feet have trod.
From Poems by Holley, Marietta
It will be well to see on what authority Christians have hallowed the first, instead of the last, day of the week.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
The martyrs who have hallowed by their blood the ground of Concord, trusted themselves and occupied the place Divine Providence assigned them.
From Select Speeches of Kossuth by Newman, Francis William
