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Glorify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To give glory, honor, or high praise to; exalt.

v. To cause to be or seem more glorious or excellent than is actually the case: Your descriptions have glorified an average house into a mansion.

v. To give glory to, especially through worship.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone)

v. to make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is

v. to worship or extol

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

v. 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.

v. To make (something or someone) appear to be more important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be thought.

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.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. bestow glory upon

v. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

v. cause to seem more splendid

v. 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."

Verb Form

glorified glorifies glorifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

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Variant

glorified

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

adore

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

horrify

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