Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to desanctify
Participle: desanctified
Gerund: desanctifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | desanctify |
| you | desanctify |
| he;she;it | desanctifies |
| we | desanctify |
| you | desanctify |
| they | desanctify |
Perfect
| I | have desanctified |
| you | have desanctified |
| he;she;it | has desanctified |
| we | have desanctified |
| you | have desanctified |
| they | have desanctified |
Past
| I | desanctified |
| you | desanctified |
| he;she;it | desanctified |
| we | desanctified |
| you | desanctified |
| they | desanctified |
Pluperfect
| I | had desanctified |
| you | had desanctified |
| he;she;it | had desanctified |
| we | had desanctified |
| you | had desanctified |
| they | had desanctified |
Future
| I | will desanctify |
| you | will desanctify |
| he;she;it | will desanctify |
| we | will desanctify |
| you | will desanctify |
| they | will desanctify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have desanctified |
| you | will have desanctified |
| he;she;it | will have desanctified |
| we | will have desanctified |
| you | will have desanctified |
| they | will have desanctified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | desanctify |
| you | desanctify |
| he;she;it | desanctify |
| we | desanctify |
| you | desanctify |
| they | desanctify |
Perfect
| I | have desanctified |
| you | have desanctified |
| he;she;it | have desanctified |
| we | have desanctified |
| you | have desanctified |
| they | have desanctified |
Imperfect
| I | desanctified |
| you | desanctified |
| he;she;it | desanctified |
| we | desanctified |
| you | desanctified |
| they | desanctified |
Pluperfect
| I | had desanctified |
| you | had desanctified |
| he;she;it | had desanctified |
| we | had desanctified |
| you | had desanctified |
| they | had desanctified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would desanctify |
| you | would desanctify |
| he;she;it | would desanctify |
| we | would desanctify |
| you | would desanctify |
| they | would desanctify |
Perfect
| I | would have desanctified |
| you | would have desanctified |
| he;she;it | would have desanctified |
| we | would have desanctified |
| you | would have desanctified |
| they | would have desanctified |
Imperative
| you | desanctify |
| we | Let's desanctify |
| you | desanctify |
Verbs conjugated like 'desanctify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'desanctify'
sanctify,
unsanctify,
decalcify,
denotify,
desanitise,
desanitize,
desertify,
destratify,
dezincify,
exactify,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From de- + sanctify.
Sample Sentences
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His utopias aren't "nowhere" -- counterfactual examples of how things might be in order to desanctify how things actually are. [1991 September 22, Alan Trachtenberg, “UNIVERSITY PRESSES; Shaping America's Dreams in Chicago”, in The New York Times:]
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Christianity desanctifies these in a positive sense by rendering them subservient to an entirely different kind of holiness. [1997 August 26, Martin Buber, Israel and the World, page 178:]
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In so doing, he transforms the Foxian compulsion to distinguish true martyrs from false ones —and thus to differentiate his own saint-making project from medieval hagiography—into a model of textual criticism, directed at detecting and desanctifying the false martyr through the critical medium of marginalia. [2008, Jennifer Summit, Memory's Library: Medieval Books in Early Modern England, page 170:]
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What qualifies? Anything that could significantly influence your deciding whether to rent the place — low-flying jets, overflowing drains or desanctified brothels. [2009 October 29, Randy Cohen, “Our Home Was a Bawdy House”, in The New York Times Magazine:]