DIGNIFY

[verb] [T] - to cause (something) to be valued and respectedThe presence of the mayor dignified the occasion.You won't dignify the house just by painting it.You surely don't intend to dignify that heap of junk by calling it a car!To dignify something can also be to cause it to be valued and respected when that is not deserved.It would be a crime to dignify this rhyme with the label poetry.