[glo.ri.fy] vt -fied ; -fy.ing [ME glorifien, fr. MF glorifier, fr. LL glorificare, fr. gloria] (14c) 1 a: to make glorious by bestowing honor, praise, or admiration b: to elevate to celestial glory
2: to light up brilliantly "a large chandelier glorifies the whole room" 3 a: to represent as glorious: extol "a song ~ing romantic love" b: to cause to be or seem to be better than the actual condition "the new position is just a glorified version of the old stockroom job"
4: to give glory to (as in worship) -- glo.ri.fi.ca.tion n -- glo.ri.fi.er n