Definitions for glorify
ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr-glo·ri·fy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaimverb

   praise, glorify, or honor

   "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

2. glorifyverb

   bestow glory upon

   "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"

3. transfigure, glorify, spiritualizeverb

   elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

4. glorifyverb

   cause to seem more splendid

   "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

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1. 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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. glorifyverb

   to exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone)

2. glorifyverb

   to make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is

3. glorifyverb

   to worship or extol

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To GLORIFYverb

   Etymology: glorifier, French; glorifico, Latin.

   1. To procure honour or praise to one.

   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.

   2. To pay honour or praise in worship.

   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.

   3. To praise; to honour; to extol.

   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.

   4. To exalt to glory or dignity.

   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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Glorifyverb

   to make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory

2. 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

3. Etymology: [F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]

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1. 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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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of glorify in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of glorify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of glorify in a Sentence

1. Selena Gomez:

   It's not something where I'm like, let me glorify what I do in the bedroom. But I think I have a very healthy perspective on my sexuality, it's part of being an adult, and I'm still figuring out how to be one of those, too.

2. Johnna Hoff:

   The decision is consistent with our longstanding policy that prohibits items that promote hatred, violence or glorify racial intolerance.

3. Nikki Haley:

   One more thing they need to do is focus on crime, when you go and say that you’re going to glorify criminals instead of having the backs of law enforcement, don’t be shocked when crime goes up. Don’t be shocked when murders go up. We’ve got to have a Senate that understands that we’ve gotta put law and order back in place.

4. W. Edward Brown:

   The artist has one function--to affirm and glorify life.

5. Nina Silber:

   I also think Effie Lucille Nicholson Pharr's curious that this resolution -- which ostensibly is about honoring the' daughter' -- really seems to be an excuse to glorify the Confederate cause.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=glorify
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=glorify
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Glorify
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=glorify
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glorify
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=glorify