What does glorify mean?
Definitions for glorify
ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr-glo·ri·fy
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word glorify.
Princeton's WordNet
laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaimverb
praise, glorify, or honor
"extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
glorifyverb
bestow glory upon
"The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
transfigure, glorify, spiritualizeverb
elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
glorifyverb
cause to seem more splendid
"You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
GCIDE
Glorifyverb
To make (something or someone) appear to be more important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be thought; as, to glorify every routine job by giving its performer the title
Wiktionary
glorifyverb
to exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone)
glorifyverb
to make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is
glorifyverb
to worship or extol
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To GLORIFYverb
Etymology: glorifier, French; glorifico, Latin.
Two such silver currents, when they join,
Do glorify the banks that bound them in. William Shakespeare, K. John.Justice is their virtue: that alone
Makes them sit sure, and glorifies the throne. Daniel.God is glorified when such his excellency, above all things, is with due admiration acknowledged. Richard Hooker, b. v.
This form and manner of glorifying God was not at that time first begun; but received long before, and alleged at that time as an argument for the truth. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 42.
Good fellow, tell us here the circumstance,
That we for thee may glorify the Lord. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.All nations shall glorify thy name. Ps. lxxxvi. 9.
This is the perfection of every thing, to attain its true and proper end; and the end of all these gifts and endowments, which God hath given us, is to glorify the giver. John Tillotson.
Whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, desperate in all parts of disobedience and rebellious disposition, him they set up and glorify. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
No chymist yet the elixir got,
But glorifies his pregnant pot,
If by the way to him befall
Some odoriferous thing, or medicinal. John Donne.If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. Jo. xiii. 32.
Whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom. viii. 30.
The soul, being immortal, will, at some time or other, resume its body again in a glorified manner. John Ayliffe, Parergon.
ChatGPT
glorify
To glorify means to praise, honor, or extol something or someone to an extreme degree. It often involves giving high praise, admiration or respect, sometimes to the point of excessively idealizing or worshiping the subject. Glorify can also mean to magnify or represent as glorious, admirable, or praiseworthy, especially in a way that may seem exaggerated or unwarranted. In a religious context, glorify can refer to bestowing honor or adoration to a deity.
Webster Dictionary
Glorifyverb
to make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory
Glorifyverb
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
Etymology: [F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Glorify
glō′ri-fī, v.t. to make glorious: to honour: to exalt to glory or happiness: to ascribe honour to, to worship:—pa.p. glō′rified.—n. Glorificā′tion. [L. gloria, glory, facĕre, to make.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of glorify in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of glorify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of glorify in a Sentence
Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. . . . When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites.
I have many reasons why not to do this. But I feel like out of duty and out of obedience to what the Lord has called me to do, and then, to use the talents that I just shared with you guys, the talents that God has given me to glorify him. I feel compelled.
The artist has one function--to affirm and glorify life.
A general at DoD was especially worrying under Trump, trump had zero foreign policy experience, a penchant to glorify violence, a total neophyte Secretary of State, and an unstable, war mongering former general as NSA.
Despite all of the data and experts at her disposal, [Black] chooses to blame ‘grocery store pornography’ for school shootings, and she doesn’t mean magazines that glorify guns.
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- مجدArabic
- velebitCzech
- forherligeDanish
- glorifizieren, verherrlichen, anbetenGerman
- gloriĝiEsperanto
- جلال دادنPersian
- ylistää, palvoa, kaunistellaFinnish
- æraFaroese
- glorifierFrench
- गौरवान्वित करनाHindi
- memuliakanIndonesian
- glorificareItalian
- clarificaLatin
- verherrlechenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- verheerlijkenDutch
- lovpriseNorwegian
- chwalićPolish
- glorificarPortuguese
- glorificaRomanian
- восхвалять, восхвалить, прославить, прославлять, превозносить, поклоняться, превознести, боготворитьRussian
- forhärligaSwedish
- மகிமைப்படுத்துங்கள்Tamil
- కీర్తిస్తూTelugu
- เชิดชูThai
- ovmekTurkish
- tôn vinhVietnamese
- Godiglorükön, glorükönVolapük
- אכפערןYiddish
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