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glorify

glo·rify

UK/ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/ US/ˈɡlɔrʌˌfaɪ/ uncommon

verb

1.

praise, glorify, or honor

  • “extol the virtues of one”
  • “;”
  • “s spouse”
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2.

bestow glory upon

  • “The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic”
3.
4.

cause to seem more splendid

  • “You are glorifying a rather mediocre building”

Origin

From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glōrificō, from Latin glōria + -ficō (“to make”). By surface analysis, glory + -fy. 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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