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UNSANCTIFY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsanctify mean?
• UNSANCTIFY (verb)
The verb UNSANCTIFY has 1 sense:
1. remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified
Familiarity information: UNSANCTIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "unsanctify" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
unsanctification (unholiness by virtue of being profane)
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