GLORIFY

[verb] [T] - to make (something) seem splendid or excellent, often when it is really notI didn't like the way the film glorified war/violence.It's very easy to glorify the past.The minister was accused of glorifying the proposals with an important-sounding name to hide the fact that they contained no new ideas.(informal) My word processor's not so much a computer, more a kind of glorified typewriter.Glorify can also mean praise and honour. A statue was erected in the main square of the city to glorify the country's national heroes.Prayer beads often have 99 beads on a string - one for each way Allah can be glorified in the Koran.