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v. To confer dignity or honor on; give distinction to: dignified him with a title.

v. To raise the status of (something unworthy or lowly); make honorable: would not dignify the insulting question with a response.

v. to invest with dignity or honour

v. to give distinction to

v. to exalt in rank

v. to honor.

v. To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.

To invest with honor or dignity; exalt in rank or office; promote.

To confer honor upon; make illustrious; give celebrity to; honor.

To make worthy of admiration and respect; elevate.

= Syn.1. To prefer, advance.

To grace, adorn, ennoble, lend or give luster to.

v. raise the status of

v. confer dignity or honor upon

"Privately, one campaign official says they were aware of several of the more scurrilous rumors about Palin making the rounds of the blogosphere, although the official declined to "dignify" them with any comment."

abase    degrade   

dignified    dignifies    dignifying   

elevate    raise    lift    honour    reward    honor   

dignified   

elevate    honor    ennoble    adorn    prefer    exalt    illustrate    advance    lift    dub   

signify   

cognitivist    dicky    bat-twirling    undeceiving    black-gowned    foreign-exchange    pleasure-dome    anti-competitive    kindly-faced    well-combed