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Glorify Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Glorify has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

praise, glorify, or honor

"extol the virtues of one's children"

"glorify one's spouse's cooking"

2

bestow glory upon

"The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"

3

elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

4

cause to seem more splendid

"You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

5

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

Example Sentences
"extol the virtues of one's children" verb
"glorify one's spouse's cooking" verb
"The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic" verb
"You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
praise change embroider
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
canonize ensky crack up hymn
Rhyming Words
ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify
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