glorify
Origin of glorify
Synonyms for glorify
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exalt, eulogize, lionize, extol, ennoble, worship, revere, hymn, bless, acclaim, magnify, hike, laud, commend, boost, honor, celebrate, illuminate, dignify, elevateExamples from the Web for glorify
Contemporary Examples of glorify
This appears to glorify a crime,” said Cheek, “as does the apparent emphasis on their illegal and ill-fated invasion.
The Never-Ending Falklands War: In Buenos Aires, A Museum's Selective HistoryMichael Luongo
August 30, 2014
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.
Historical Examples of glorify
We intend to glorify the love of danger, the custom of energy, the strengt of daring.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
No saga will ever glorify their deeds, no epic make them immortal.
The Trail of '98Robert W. Service
You cannot glorify God more than by publishing good-will to one another.
Broken BreadThomas Champness
To glorify labor and decry wealth is to multiply absurdities.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner
The book has been written neither to aid the Abolitionist nor glorify the planter.
The QuadroonMayne Reid
glorify
- to make glorious
- to make more splendid; adorn
- to worship, exalt, or adore
- to extol
- to cause to seem more splendid or imposing than reality
Word Origin and History for glorify
mid-14c., from Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glorificare "to glorify," from Latin gloria (see glory) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Glorified; glorifying.