glorify

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. verb praise, glorify, or honor
  2. verb bestow glory upon
  3. verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

Etymology

From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glorificō, from Latin gloria + faciō (“to make”). Displaced native Middle English wuldrien (“to glorify”), from Old English wuldrian as well as Middle English stellifien (“to glorify, make stellar”), from Old French stellifier (Medieval Latin stellificāre); see stellify.

In classic literature

Synonyms

laud, extol, exalt, proclaim

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