Entry Word: glorify

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to enhance the status of <that newly acquired Picasso painting will certainly glorify the college art museum> — see exalt
2 to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power <let us now glorify the Lord> — see worship 1
3 to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively <fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do> — see tout 1
4 to proclaim the glory of <the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall> — see praise 1
5 to represent or think of as better than reality <don't let the job title “team spirit coordinator” fool you—he is nothing more than a glorified cheerleader> — see idealize