Hal″low (hăl″lō̍), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hallowed(–lō̍d); p. pr. & vb. n.Hallowing.] [OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. hālgian, fr. hālig holy. See Holy.] To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. “Hallowed be thy name.” Matt. vi. 9.
Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24.
His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton.
In a larger sense... we can not hallow this ground. A. Lincoln.