GLORIFY


Meaning of GLORIFY in English

v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 exalt to heavenly glory; make glorious. 2 transform into something more splendid. 3 extol; praise. 4 (as glorified adj.) seeming or pretending to be more splendid than in reality (just a glorified office boy). glorification n. glorifier n.

[ ME f. OF glorifier f. eccl.L glorificare f. LL glorificus f. L gloria glory ]

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