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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sainted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Sainting}.]
   To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical
   act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or
   reputation of a saint to (some one).

         A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been
         beatified, though never sainted.         --Addison.

   {To saint it}, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety.

            Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. --Pope.

Sainted \Saint"ed\, a.
   1. Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious. ``A most sainted king.''
      --Shak.

            Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for {dead}.

Source : WordNet®

sainted
     adj : marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel
           or saint; "angelic benificence"; "a beatific smile"; "a
           saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted
           mother" [syn: {angelic}, {angelical}, {beatific}, {saintlike},
            {saintly}]
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