dignify
verb (used with object)
to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
have dignified
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present perfectof dignify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"We started here on July 25th, the very next day, to do all the work...so that all those people could have dignified burials."
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Speaking to BBC World Service's Newsday, he said their plan looks at how to avoid waste, how to isolate and manage cases, and how to ensure people have "dignified funerals".
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
When people have dignified lives to reach and live for, aren’t they much less likely to see themselves fueled endlessly by a hopeless fight against?
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2024
“I told them that it is a day in which they have dignified the profession that they enjoy so much and I felt happy,” newly appointed Spain coach Montse Tomé said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Anybody less practical than Peter Dumphy would have dignified the large, showy room in which he entered as the library.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
