glorify

  • 11glorify — verb (T) 1 to make someone or something seem more important or better than they really are: films which glorify violence 2 glorify God/the Lord etc to give praise and thanks to God glorification / glO:rifi keISDn/ noun (+ of): the glorification… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12glorify — verb 1) they gather to glorify God Syn: praise, extol, exalt, worship, revere, reverence, venerate, pay homage to, honor, adore, thank, give thanks to; formal laud; archaic magnify 2) a poem to glorify the memory of the dead …

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  • 13glorify — glo•ri•fy [[t]ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr [/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing 1) to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered: to glorify military life[/ex] 2) to honor with praise, admiration, or worship: to… …

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  • 14glorify — verb Glorify is used with these nouns as the object: ↑violence …

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  • 15glorify — Synonyms and related words: acclaim, adore, adulate, advance, aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, applaud, beatify, belaud, bepraise, bless, bless the Lord, blow up, boast of, boost, brag about, canonize, celebrate, cleanse, commend, consecrate,… …

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  • 16glorify — glo|ri|fy [ˈglo:rıfaı] v past tense and past participle glorified present participle glorifying third person singular glorifies [T] 1.) to make someone or something seem more important or better than they really are ▪ films which glorify violence …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17glorify — /ˈglɔrəfaɪ / (say glawruhfuy) verb (t) (glorified, glorifying) 1. to magnify with praise; extol. 2. to transform into something more splendid. 3. to make glorious; invest with glory. 4. to promote the glory of (God); ascribe glory and praise in… …

  • 18glorify — see until the lions produce their own historian, the story of the hunt will glorify only the hunter …

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  • 19glorify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English glorifien, from Anglo French glorifier, from Late Latin glorificare, from gloria Date: 14th century 1. a. to make glorious by bestowing honor, praise, or admiration b. to elevate to… …

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  • 20glorify — glorifiable, adj. glorifier, n. /glawr euh fuy , glohr /, v.t., glorified, glorifying. 1. to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered. 2. to honor with praise, admiration, or worship; extol.… …

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