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glorify

Pronunciation:  'glowru`fI

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
  2. [v]  cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
  3. [v]  elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
  4. [v]  praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
 
 Synonyms: exalt, extol, laud, proclaim, spiritualize, transfigure
 
 See Also: aggrandise, aggrandize, alter, blow up, canonize, change, crack up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, ensky, hymn, lard, pad, praise

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Glo"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glorified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glorifying}.] [F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria
glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
1. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor
   and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or
   to celestial glory.

         Jesus was not yet glorified.          --John vii.
                                               39.

2. To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by
   ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to
   render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.

         That we for thee may glorify the Lord. --Shak.
 
Easton Bible Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

(1.) To make glorious, or cause so to appear (John 12:28; 13:31, 32; 17:4,5).

(2.) Spoken of God to "shew forth his praise" (1 Cor. 6:20; 10:31).

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: acclaim, adore, adulate, advance, aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, applaud, beatify, belaud, bepraise, bless, bless the Lord, blow up, boast of, boost, brag about, canonize, celebrate, cleanse, commend, consecrate, crown, cry up, dedicate, deify, devote, dignify, distinguish, doxologize, elevate, emblazon, enhance, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, erect, eulogize, exalt, extol, flatter, glamorize, glorify the Lord, hail, hallow, hero-worship, honor, hymn, idealize, idolize, immortalize, laud, lionize, look up to, magnify, make legendary, make much of, overpraise, panegyrize, pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, praise God, promote, puff, puff up, purify, raise, raise up, revere, saint, salute, sanctify, set apart, set up, sing praises, sublime, throne, trumpet, upgrade, uplift, uprear, venerate, worship
 

 

 

 

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