Unhallow

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To rended un-hallowed, i.e. to profane; to desecrate. transitive

    "Nay, the very Ostentation of the Thorn, is a Weakness, and I might have said a Vice too; for the Vanity Unhallows the very Virtue, especially where it is Accompany'd with Detraction."

  2. 2
    remove the consecration from a person or an object wordnet

Synonyms

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deconsecratedesecratedesecrateprofane

Example

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"Nay, the very Ostentation of the Thorn, is a Weakness, and I might have said a Vice too; for the Vanity Unhallows the very Virtue, especially where it is Accompany'd with Detraction."

Etymology

From un- + hallow.

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