Synonyms of the word

sanctify

• v. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
• v. (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
• v. (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
• v. (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

bless

• v. To make something blessed; to confer blessing upon.
• v. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (oneself).
• v. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
• v. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
• v. (obsolete) To wave; to brandish.
• v. (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
• v. (archaic) To secure, defend, or preserve from.
• interj. (Britain, informal) Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

consecrate

• v. To declare something holy, or otherwise make it holy.
• adj. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

declare

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
• v. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
• v. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though…
• v. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
• v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result.
• v. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
• v. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income,…
• v. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
• v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing…

hallow

• n. (obsolete outside set phrases) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
• v. (transitive) To make holy, to sanctify.
• v. To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.
• n. A shout, cry; a hulloo.
• adj. Alternative spelling of hollow.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

purge

• n. An act of purging.
• n. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
• n. A cleansing of pipes.
• n. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
• n. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
• v. (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
• v. (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds.
• v. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
• v. (transitive, medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
• v. (transitive, medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
• v. (transitive, law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
• v. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
• v. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
• v. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

purify

• v. (transitive) To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
• v. (transitive) To free from guilt or sin.