sanctify

Other forms of sanctify

past tense or participle

sanctified

present participle

sanctifying·

third person

sanctifies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sanctify

What does sanctify mean?

sanctify means "render holy by means of religious rites". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sanctify?

sanctify has 3 syllables: sanc-ti-fy. The stress falls on "sanc". In IPA it is /ˈsæŋktəfaɪ/.

What is another word for sanctify?

Close synonyms include consecrate, bless, hallow, purify, purge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sanctify a common word?

sanctify is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.