/dig"neuh fuy'/ , v.t., dignified, dignifying .
1. to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
2. to give a high-sounding title or name to; confer unmerited distinction upon: to dignify pedantry by calling it scholarship.
[ 1375-1425; late ME dignifien dignefier dignificare, equiv. to L dign ( us ) worthy + -ificare -IFY ]