hallow
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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Definitions & Usage
(obsolete outside set phrases) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
(obsolete, in the plural) The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.
(transitive) To make holy, to sanctify.
To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.
A shout, cry; a hulloo.
Alternative spelling of hollow.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“[…]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.”
— 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
“Come hallow the goblet with something more true / Than words we forget in a minute.”
— 1847, Charles Swain, Dramatic Chapters: Poems and Songs, D. Bogue, page 324:
“[…] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.”
— 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter IV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII: