dignify
verb (used with object)
to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
had dignified
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past perfectof dignify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That attempt failed, but only after then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, together with Sherman, had dignified North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Il with a visit to Pyongyang in late October, 2000.
From Forbes ● Nov. 7, 2014
The other suites in the book were only distinguished by numbers, but this one the composer had dignified with the name of "l'Areopagita."
From The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner
The devoted victim of their vengeance, therefore, awaited in silence the conclusion of this solemn farce, which they had dignified by the name of a trial.
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by St. George Tucker
This cavern was held by Spite as a sort of country seat or castle, which he had dignified with the name of Aranea Hall.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry Christopher McCook
Death had dignified him, and few ventured to speak of him as "Bill," just now.
From Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls by Fannie E. Newberry
