sanctificate

English

Etymology

Latin sanctificatus, past participle of sanctificare.

Verb

sanctificate (third-person singular simple present sanctificates, present participle sanctificating, simple past and past participle sanctificated)

1. (obsolete) To sanctify.
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Divinity of the Holy Ghost”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     the Father predestinating , to the Son propitiating , to the Holy Ghost sanctificating ?

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sanctificate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

sānctificāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sānctificō