dignified
[dig-nuh-fahyd]
- characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous: dignified conduct.
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Synonyms
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[dig-nuh-fahy]
- to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- to give a high-sounding title or name to; confer unmerited distinction upon: to dignify pedantry by calling it scholarship.
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Origin of dignify
1375–1425; late Middle English dignifien < Old French dignefier < Medieval Latin dignificāre, equivalent to Latin dign(us) worthy + -ificāre -ify
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Contemporary Examples
He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.
There is certainly a lucrative yet dignified sweet spot between small time micro-brewer and soulless mass-producer.
"Cremation is not necessary to have safe and dignified burial," Tarik Jasarevic tells me.
Even at its bushiest, in the Oscar-winning seventies-set Argo, the Affleck beard remained hot and dignified.
If they were unable to perform any available job, they served as dignified attendants.
Historical Examples
But to the uneducated eye of Andrew Lanning it was a great and dignified building.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
She can be the most dignified young woman on occasion that I ever beheld.
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
Children never played any more under their dignified shadows.
The Little ColonelAnnie Fellows Johnston
He's so dignified I wish his turban would blow off or something.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
She is mentioned as the opposite to the mild, dignified Hygd, the queen of the Getas.
BeowulfUnknown
dignified
- characterized by dignity of manner or appearance; stately
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dignify
- to invest with honour or dignity; ennoble
- to add distinction tothe meeting was dignified by the minister
- to add a semblance of dignity to, esp by the use of a pretentious name or titleshe dignifies every plant with its Latin name
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Word Origin
C15: from Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificāre, from Latin dignus worthy + facere to make
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Word Origin and History for dignified
adj.
past participle adjective from dignify; 1660s in sense "ranking as a dignitary;" 1812 in sense "having a dignified manner."
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dignify
v.
mid-15c., from Middle French dignifier, from Medieval Latin dignificare "make worthy," from Latin dignus (see dignity) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Dignification; dignified; dignifying.
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