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).

Derivatives:

glorification n. glorifier n.

Etymology: ME f. OF glorifier f. eccl.L glorificare f. LL glorificus f. L gloria glory

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.