glorify
/ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/ verb B2- To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
- To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly. · Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.· Historical dictators are glorified in some countries that are dictatorships and by some political radicals.
- To worship or extol.
He/she/it glorifies · Past glorified · Past participle glorified · -ing form glorifying
Verb forms
- Base form
- glorify
- He/she/it
- glorifies
- Past
- glorified
- Past participle
- glorified
- -ing form
- glorifying
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Mac, would be a drab and sordid one if we did not sometimes set the scene so as to glorify our results.
“Yes, my boy, these were all done prematurely before my biographer had come to glorify me.” He lifted bundle after bundle in a tender, caressing sort of way.
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