glorify

verb

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glo·ri·fy | \ ˈglȯr-ə-ˌfī

glorified; glorifying

Definition of glorify

transitive verb

1a : to make glorious by bestowing honor, praise, or admiration

b : to elevate to celestial glory

2 : to light up brilliantly Chandeliers glorified the entire room.

3a : to represent as glorious : extol a song glorifying romantic love

b : to cause to be or seem to be better than the actual condition the new position is just a glorified version of the old stockroom job

4 : to give glory to (as in worship)

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Other Words from glorify

glorification \ ˌglȯr-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən

\ noun

glorifier \ ˈglȯr-ə-ˌfī(-ə)r

\ noun

Examples of glorify in a Sentence

Glorify and give thanks to God. a number of big names were recruited in the hopes that their presence would glorify the university's school of medicine in the eyes of the medical world

Recent Examples on the Web Until a generation or two ago, memorials were built to glorify, to mourn, or both. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, "How Will We Remember This?," 15 Mar. 2021 Cultivating the life of the mind, however, has been an important current throughout much of Christianity’s history, a recognition that intellectual pursuits can glorify God. — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, "The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind," 4 Mar. 2021 At the same time, it is supposed to glorify a specifically American ideal of cultural production — popular and commercial but also high-quality and high-minded, not narrowly nationalistic but welcoming. — New York Times, "The Oscars Are a Mess. Let’s Make Them Messier.," 27 Jan. 2021 And while director Tiller Russell took great pains not to glorify the dirtbag — instead framing the narrative around the cops who would eventually catch him — that choice did leave a few unanswered questions. — Vulture Editors, Vulture, "This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Revisiting the Night Stalker," 5 Feb. 2021 Some school textbooks now glorify Hindu myths and paint the subcontinent’s Muslim rulers in a barbaric light. — New York Times, "India’s Leading Documentary Filmmaker Has a Warning," 1 Dec. 2020 But this novel was written well after the heyday of Stalin-style industrial heroes, at a time when North Korean literature sought to glorify education and technical skills. — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, "‘Something Resembling Normal Life’," 17 Nov. 2020 Levin also criticized Shelby Township Police Chief Robert Shelide, who was suspended for 30 days without pay earlier this year by the township's Board of Trustees for controversial social media posts that seemed to glorify police brutality. — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, "U.S. Rep. Levin to prosecutor: Drop felony charges against Shelby Twp. protesters," 27 Oct. 2020 Most police shows in 2020 do not openly glorify unconstitutional behavior. — Washington Post, "CBS remaking its police shows for the Black Lives Matter era," 14 Oct. 2020

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