HALLOW

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they hallow ... he / she / it hallows

Past simple: hallowed

Past participle: hallowed

-ing form: hallowing

Meaning:

Render holy by means of religious rites

Synonyms:

bless; consecrate; hallow; sanctify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "hallow" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hallow"):

reconsecrate (consecrate anew, as after a desecration)

Sentence frames:

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