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glorify en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glōrificō, from Latin glōria + -ficō (“to make”). By surface analysis, glory + -fy. Displaced native Middle English wuldrien (“to glorify”), from Old English wuldrian as well as Middle English stellifien (“to glorify, make stellar”), from Old French stellifier (Medieval Latin stellificāre); see stellify.

Meanings

(transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
(transitive) To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.
- Thursday's long-awaited relocation fulfils a key pledge of the socialist government, which said Spain should not continue to glorify a fascist who ruled the country for nearly four decades. 2019 October 24, “Franco exhumation: Spanish dictator's remains moved”, in BBC News:
- Historical dictators are glorified in some countries that are dictatorships and by some political radicals.
- Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.
(transitive) To worship or extol.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
glorifying	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
glorified	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
glorified	Tense=Past	lexicographic
glorifies	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic

Translations (61)

ru боготвори́ть (to worship or extol) · es glorificar (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · de verklären (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · grc δοξάζω (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sl poveličevati (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · nl verheerlijken (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · fi palvoa (to worship or extol) · ga mór (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · uk просла́вити (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ga glóirigh (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · vo glorükön (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · pl wysławiać (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · pl wysławić (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ja 褒める (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · es glorificar (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sq përhiroj (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sv glorifiera (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · ru поклоня́ться (to worship or extol) · sl slaviti (to worship or extol) · got 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · bg славя (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · bg величая (to worship or extol) · sl opevati (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ja 美化する (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · de glorifizieren (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · uk прославля́ти (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · lb verherrlechen (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · it glorificare (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · el δοξάζω (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sv ära (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · vo Godiglorükön (to worship or extol) · fr glorifier (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sv förhärliga (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · sl slaviti (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ca glorificar (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sv prisa (to worship or extol) · sv glorifiera (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · bg прославям (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sga ad·amraigedar (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ru превозноси́ть (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · gl glorificar (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ru восхвали́ть (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ru восхваля́ть (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sl poveličevati (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ro glorifica (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · gl glorificar (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · ru просла́вить (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ru превознести́ (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · de anbeten (to worship or extol) · pl gloryfikować (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · pl gloryfikować (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · bg превъзнасям (to worship or extol) · fo æra (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · nl vereren (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · de verherrlichen (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · mi whakakorōria (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · sv prisa (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · ru прославля́ть (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · fi kaunistella (to make something appear to be more glorious than it is) · ang wuldrian (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone) · fi ylistää (to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone)

glorify en · VERB

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