dignify
verb (used with object)
to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
was dignifying
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past progressiveof dignify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The lamp, it was tacitly felt by everybody, was dignifying the party, and providing sufficient entertainment simply by its presence; being fully as satisfactory in its way as a pianola or a string band.
From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
