sanctify的词源

英文词源

sanctify (v.)

late 14c., seintefie "to consecrate," from Old French saintefier "sanctify" (12c., Modern French sanctifier), from Late Latin sanctificare "to make holy," from sanctus "holy" (see saint (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Form altered in English c. 1400 to conform with Latin. Meaning "to render holy or legitimate by religious sanction" is from c. 1400; transferred sense of "to render worthy of respect" is from c. 1600. Related: Sanctified; sanctifying.

中文词源

sanctify：使神圣化，批准，认可

sanct-,神圣的，-fy,使。即使神圣，原指对有德行的人和虔诚的人宣圣，封为圣徒，引申词义 批准，认可。

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