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   glorify

   /ˈɡlɔːrɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. praise and worship (God): "music is used to glorify God" Similar give praise topraiseextolexaltlaudworshipreverereverenceveneratepay homage/tribute tohonouradorethankgive thanks toblessarchaic:magnify
   • ▪ acknowledge and reveal the majesty and splendour of (God) by one's actions: "God can be glorified through a life of scholarship"
   • 2. describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably: "a football video glorifying violence" Similar ennobleexaltelevatelift upadd dignity todignifyadd lustre toadd distinction toenhanceincreaseaugmentpromoteboostpraisesing/sound the praises ofcelebratehonourextollaudeulogizehymnlionizeacclaimapplaudhailglamorizeaggrandizeidealizeromanticizeput on a pedestalenshrineapotheosizecanonizeimmortalizeinformal:big updated:cry uprare:emblazonpanegyrizeheroizeOpposite dishonourvilify

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French glorifier, from ecclesiastical Latin glorificare, from late Latin glorificus, from Latin gloria ‘glory’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. glorifier noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • G

     2

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • F

     4

   • Y

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