sanctify

vt. 使圣洁；使神圣化；把…奉献给神；认可

中文词源

sanctify 使神圣化，批准，认可

sanct-,神圣的，-fy,使。即使神圣，原指对有德行的人和虔诚的人宣圣，封为圣徒，引申词义批准，认可。

sanctify (v.): late 14c., seintefie "to consecrate," from Old French saintefier "sanctify" (12c., Modern French sanctifier), from Late Latin sanctificare "to make holy," from sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Form altered in English c. 1400 to conform with Latin. Meaning "to render holy or legitimate by religious sanction" is from c. 1400; transferred sense of "to render worthy of respect" is from c. 1600. Related: Sanctified; sanctifying.

1. In 1897, to sanctify the trumperies of imperialism.: 1897年的庆典是对五光十色的帝国主义政策的御前恩准.

2. St. Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.: 圣弗朗西斯想圣化贫困而不是消除它.

3. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.: 约17:17求你用真理使他们成圣. 你的道就是真理.

4. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through.: 愿赐43平安的神亲自使你们全然成44圣.

5. Jn. 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.: 约十七17求你用真理圣别他们, 你的话就是真理.