(a) To endorse, ratify, approve or confirm (a law, treaty, doctrine, etc.) officially or authoritatively; (b) to endorse or approve (an elected or appointed official, the establishment of a religious……

(a) Eccl. To put (a clergyman) in possession of a benefice; inducten in, install (a monk) as prior of (a priory); (b) to persuade or induce (sb.); (c) to introduce (sth. into a part of the body). …

(a) To establish (a sacrament, a religious observance); set up (a system of social organization); found (a religious order, an order of knighthood); organize (people) into an order; (b) to mint (a……

(a) To introduce (sb. or sth.) formally or ceremonially; present (a soul to God); also, induct (sb.) into office; presenten biforen (to), present (sb.) to (sb.); also refl. present oneself; (b) to……

(a) To make provision for the future, exercise foresight; also refl. prepare oneself; ben provided, be prepared; (b) providen for (ayen), to make provision for (against) something; providen biforen of……

(a) To keep (sth.), preserve, save, retain; preserve (sth. in remembrance); (b) to set aside (money, property for a specific purpose); keep (sb. or sth.) for future use; (c) to allow (sb.) to live……

Eccl. & theol.: (a) To consecrate the body and blood of Christ in the Mass, celebrate the Eucharist; (b) to consecrate (bread and wine, the body and blood of Christ, the Host) in the Mass; celebrate……

(a) To remove (sth.); also, quarantine (sb.), isolate; sequestren to, put (sth.) aside for the use of (sb.); (b) sequestren from, to keep (sth.) apart from (sb.); distinguish (sth.) from (sth.)……

(a) To go to see (sb.), pay a call on; also, seek out (sb., sheep) (b) to visit (a sick person, prisoner, etc.) for the purpose of bestowing comfort or assistance, minister to; also fig. [quot.……