Glorify

//ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ// verb

verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone). transitive
  2. 2
    bestow glory upon wordnet
  3. 3
    To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly. transitive

    "Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block."

  4. 4
    cause to seem more splendid wordnet
  5. 5
    To worship or extol. transitive
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  1. 6
    elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration wordnet
  2. 7
    praise, glorify, or honor wordnet

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exalttransfigureextollaudlaudtransfigure

Example

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"To raise one's name in later generations and thereby glorify one's parents, this is the greatest expression of filial piety."

Etymology

From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glorificō, from Latin gloria + faciō (“to make”). Displaced native Middle English wuldrien (“to glorify”), from Old English wuldrian as well as Middle English stellifien (“to glorify, make stellar”), from Old French stellifier (Medieval Latin stellificāre); see stellify.

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