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1
to assign a high status or value to
- 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
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to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
- let us now glorify the Lord
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3
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
- fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do
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to proclaim the glory of
- the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall
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to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant
- don't let the job title "team spirit coordinator" fool you—he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader
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- glamorize
- (also glamourize),
- glamour (up),
- idealize,
- romanticize
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“Glorify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glorify. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.
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