Meanings
present singular third person unhallows · participle present unhallowing · participle past unhallowed · past unhallowed
- transitiveTo rended un-hallowed, i.e. to profane; to desecrate.
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.
1692, Sir Roger L'Estrange, “Fable CCCCLXVI: A Fig-Tree and a Thorn”, in Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists, page 441
Synonyms & antonyms
verbremove the consecration from a person or an object
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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unhallow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhallow
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