Glorify

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  • transitive verb. To give glory, honor, or high praise to; exalt.
  • transitive verb. To cause to be or seem more glorious or excellent than is actually the case.
  • transitive verb. To give glory to, especially through worship.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give or ascribe glory or honor to; magnify and exalt with praises.
  • To make glorious; exalt to a state of glory.
  • To raise to a higher quality, condition, or consideration; make finer; improve; embellish; refine.
  • To vaunt; boast; exult.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.
  • transitive verb. To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to acknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.
  • transitive verb. To make (something or someone) appear to be more important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be thought.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone)
  • verb. to make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is
  • verb. to worship or extol
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. bestow glory upon
  • verb. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
  • verb. cause to seem more splendid
  • verb. praise, glorify, or honor
    • Word Usage
    "Another thing the museum does not turn a blind eye to, nor does it overly glorify, is just how many of its inductees and honorees are dead."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aggrandise  aggrandize  alter  blow up  change  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    horrify  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    'good-bye  `high'  ascii  auroral  glyptic  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acclaim  adore  adore  adulate  advance  
    variant
    glorified  
    verb-form
    glorified  glorifies  glorifying  
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