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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

enshrine
    v 1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in
         the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine]
    2: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Enshrine \En*shrine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enshrined; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Enshrining.]
   To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or
   cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in
   memory.
   [1913 Webster]

         We will enshrine it as holy relic.       --Massinger.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for enshrine:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, beleaguer, beset, besiege, bless, blockade, bound, box in, bury, cage, canonize, chamber, cleanse, close in, coffin, compass, conduct a funeral, consecrate, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, crown, dedicate, deify, devote, elevate, encircle, enclose, encoffin, encompass, ennoble, ensepulcher, enthrone, entomb, exalt, fence in, glamorize, glorify, hallow, hearse, hedge in, hem in, house in, immortalize, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, inearth, inhume, inter, inurn, jail, kennel, lay to rest, leaguer, lionize, magnify, make legendary, mew, mew up, pen, pen in, pocket, purify, quarantine, rail in, raise, saint, sanctify, sepulture, set apart, set up, shrine, shut in, shut up, stable, surround, throne, tomb, uplift, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

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