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glorify

[ glawr-uh-fahy, glohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, glo·ri·fied, glo·ri·fy·ing.

to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
to honor with praise, admiration, or worship; extol.
Synonyms: celebrate, worship, praise, venerate
to make glorious; invest with glory.
to praise the glory of (God), especially as an act of worship.

glorify

/ ˈɡlɔːrɪˌfaɪ /

Origin of glorify¹

1300–50; Middle English < Old French glorifier < Late Latin glōrificāre. See glory, -fy

This appears to glorify a crime,” said Cheek, “as does the apparent emphasis on their illegal and ill-fated invasion.

To treat these lovers of violent death otherwise is only to glorify them.

The wine world tends to glorify the winemaker when really it takes a team of hard-working people to tend vineyards and make wine.

The good news for those who think such movies at once glorify and trivialize gun violence is that R.I.P.D. bombed.

Another reason I think people have children is to glorify their own ego.

There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Cooke used his literary talents to glorify the plantation type of living and the heroic, military deeds of the war itself.

Obtain for me, I beseech thee, a happy death, that I may praise and glorify thy might and kindness forever in heaven.

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