<OL TYPE="1"><LI>to render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow<LI>to separate from profane things and dedicate to God<OL TYPE="a"><LI>consecrate things to God<LI>dedicate people to God</OL><LI>to purify<OL TYPE="a"><LI>to cleanse externally<LI>to purify by expiation: free from the guilt of sin<LI>to purify internally by renewing of the soul</OL></OL>