vt.

1. 使神聖化；把……奉獻給神
   St. Francis wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.

   聖弗朗西斯想聖化貧困而不是消除它。

2. 使聖潔；清洗……的罪
3. 使神聖不可侵犯；批准，認可[H]
   This practice was sanctified by law.

   這一做法獲得法律的認可。

v.

1. consecrate.
2. make legitimate or binding by religious sanction.
3. free from sin.