glorify

[ glawr-uh-fahy, glohr- ]
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verb (used with object),glo·ri·fied, glo·ri·fy·ing.
  1. to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.

  2. to honor with praise, admiration, or worship; extol.

  1. to make glorious; invest with glory.

  2. to praise the glory of (God), especially as an act of worship.

Origin of glorify

1
1300–50; Middle English <Old French glorifier<Late Latin glōrificāre.See glory, -fy

Other words for glorify

Other words from glorify

  • glo·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective
  • glo·ri·fi·er, noun
  • de·glo·ri·fy, verb (used with object), de·glo·ri·fied, de·glo·ri·fy·ing.
  • re·glo·ri·fy, verb (used with object), re·glo·ri·fied, re·glo·ri·fy·ing.
  • self-glo·ri·fied, adjective
  • self-glo·ri·fy·ing, adjective
  • un·glo·ri·fied, adjective
  • un·glo·ri·fy·ing, adjective

Words Nearby glorify

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How to use glorify in a sentence

  • There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

    His Last Week | William E. Barton
  • And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

    His Last Week | William E. Barton
  • All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

  • Cooke used his literary talents to glorify the plantation type of living and the heroic, military deeds of the war itself.

  • Obtain for me, I beseech thee, a happy death, that I may praise and glorify thy might and kindness forever in heaven.

British Dictionary definitions for glorify

glorify

/ (ˈɡlɔːrɪˌfaɪ) /


verb-fies, -fying or -fied (tr)
  1. to make glorious

  2. to make more splendid; adorn

  1. to worship, exalt, or adore

  2. to extol

  3. to cause to seem more splendid or imposing than reality

Derived forms of glorify

  • glorifiable, adjective
  • glorifier, noun

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