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 honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
To turn (a reference) into an object.
Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.
Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
Verbal nonsense.
Decaying matter.
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
To decline in function or utility.
To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.