dig ‧ ni ‧ fy /ˈdɪɡnəfaɪ, ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle dignified , present participle dignifying , third person singular dignifies ) [transitive]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: dignifier , from Latin dignus 'deserving admiration' ]
to make something or someone seem better or more important than they really are, especially by using a particular word to describe them
dignify somebody/something with something
I cannot dignify him with the name ‘physician’.