Hal"low (hăl"l?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hallowed(-l?d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.] [OE. halowen,
halwien, halgien, AS. hālgian, fr.
hālig holy. See Holy.] To make holy; to set
apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as
sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt.
vi. 9.
Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work
therein.
Jer. xvii. 24.
His secret altar touched with hallowed
fire.
Milton.
In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this
ground [Gettysburg].
A. Lincoln.