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

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim(verb)

   praise, glorify, or honor

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

2. glorify(verb)

   bestow glory upon

   "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"

3. transfigure, glorify, spiritualize(verb)

   elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

4. glorify(verb)

   cause to seem more splendid

   "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glorify(v. t.)

   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

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. glorify(Verb)

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

2. glorify(Verb)

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

3. glorify(Verb)

   to worship or extol

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glorify(verb)

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

2. Glorify(verb)

   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

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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Numerology

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. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Fools are the gift of the God to glorify the wise!

2. W. Edward Brown:

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

3. Bill McCollum:

   We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.

4. African Proverb:

   Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.

5. Emeasoba George:

   If you glorify God at all times. Then, he (God) will surely/eventually gratify you in return.

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