To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
To invoke divine favor upon.
To turn (a reference) into an object.
Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.
To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.