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glorify 音標拼音: [gl'ɔrəf ,ɑɪ] vt. 贊美,美化,贊揚,使輝煌 贊美,美化,贊揚,使輝煌 glorify v 1: praise, glorify, or honor; " extol the virtues of one' s children"; " glorify one' s spouse' s cooking" [ synonym: { laud}, { extol}, { exalt}, { glorify}, { proclaim}] 2: bestow glory upon; " The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic" 3: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ' s transfiguration [ synonym: { transfigure}, { glorify}, { spiritualize}] 4: cause to seem more splendid; " You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" Glorify \ Glo" ri* fy\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Glorified}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Glorifying}.] [ F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria glory - ficare ( in comp.) to make. See {- fy}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory. [ 1913 Webster] Jesus was not yet glorified. -- John vii. 39. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to acknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore. [ 1913 Webster] That we for thee may glorify the Lord. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. 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 " engineer".. [ PJC] 84 Moby Thesaurus words for " glorify": acclaim, adore, adulate, advance, aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, applaud, beatify, belaud, bepraise, bless, bless the Lord, blow up, boast of, boost, brag about, canonize, celebrate, cleanse, commend, consecrate, crown, cry up, dedicate, deify, devote, dignify, distinguish, doxologize, elevate, emblazon, enhance, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, erect, eulogize, exalt, extol, flatter, glamorize, glorify the Lord, hail, hallow, hero- worship, honor, hymn, idealize, idolize, immortalize, laud, lionize, look up to, magnify, make legendary, make much of, overpraise, panegyrize, pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, praise God, promote, puff, puff up, purify, raise, raise up, revere, saint, salute, sanctify, set apart, set up, sing praises, sublime, throne, trumpet, upgrade, uplift, uprear, venerate, worship
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