sanctify

It also allows political movements to consolidate power by sanctifying their leaders and discouraging dissent.

Here, the real Presley is charismatic as hell, and looks great beaded in sanctified sweat.

These shrines laden with incense, flowers and other offerings sanctify its gardens, waters and the surrounding landscape, and they highlight the psychic malaise dominating most of its visitors.

Not Section 60, where the atmosphere is sanctified but not somber—too many kids, Meredith recalled from her visits to her son’s burial site.

The judges on the Fifth Circuit could use a reminder: Federal-court opinions should be written for all American citizens, not just those who sanctify a particular text.