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dignify
[ dig-nuh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- to give a high-sounding title or name to; confer unmerited distinction upon:
to dignify pedantry by calling it scholarship.
dignify
/ ˈdɪɡnɪˌfaɪ /
verb
- to invest with honour or dignity; ennoble
- to add distinction to
the meeting was dignified by the minister
- to add a semblance of dignity to, esp by the use of a pretentious name or title
she dignifies every plant with its Latin name
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Other Words From
- over·digni·fy verb (used with object) overdignified overdignifying
- quasi-digni·fying adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dignify1
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Example Sentences
On the other hand, many people believe it is important to dignify official government business with a prayer.
The tactic—you can't dignify it by calling it strategy—may finally backfire.
It is thus that they dignify human nature and glorify human effort, and bring to those who struggle hope and trust.
She seemed to dignify with her presence whatever happened to be going on, and made it worth while.
Such a mode of proceeding costs us little, but tends much to dignify and exalt us.
Incidentally teachers themselves, by thinking more nobly of their tasks, can do much to dignify their calling.
The bearing of the new Abbot served of itself to dignify a ceremonial which was deprived of all other attributes of grandeur.
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