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glorify

DEFINITIONS OF: glorify

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v praise, glorify, or honor

“glorify one's spouse's cooking”
Synonyms:
exalt, extol, laud, proclaim
Types:
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canonise, canonize
treat as a sacred person
ensky
exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise
crack up
rhapsodize about
hymn
praise by singing a hymn
Type of:
praise
express approval of

v bestow glory upon

“The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic”
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v cause to seem more splendid

“You are glorifying a rather mediocre building”
Type of:
aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad
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v elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

Synonyms:
spiritualize, transfigure
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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