sanctify
verb (used with object)
to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
sanctifies
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present tense formof sanctify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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He said he was "glad that Israel will participate again in Eurovision and I hope that the competition will remain one that sanctifies culture, poetry, and friendship between peoples and cross-border cultural understanding".
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
That movie sanctifies ignorance, whereas Heller’s, equally gentle, explores not simplemindedness so much as simplicity, a rarer gift.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019
The lovers undergo a dangerous trial to be initiated into Sarastro’s brotherhood, and at the end he crowns the couple and sanctifies their union.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2012
Certainly, part of it has to do with a Jewish tradition that sanctifies life, and with the necessity for Jews of a proper burial.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2011
It signifies wealth, evokes the closeness of family, and sanctifies a proper meal.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
