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15 words match “DIGNIFY”

DIGNIFY v.
To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor. Your worth will dignity our feast. B. Jonson.
INDIGNIFY v.
To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn. [Obs.] Spenser.
CONSECRATE v.
To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time. Burke.
CROWN v.
To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify. Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor. Ps. viii. 5.
DIGNIFICATION n.
The act of dignifying; exaltation.
ELEVATE v.
To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
ENNOBLE v.
To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope.
ENNOBLEMENT n.
The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility. Bacon.
ENTITLE v.
To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book "Commentaries;" to entitle a man "Honorable." That which . . . we entitle patience. Shak.
EXALT v.
To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency. Righteousness exalteth a nation. Prov. xiv. 34. He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke xiv. 11.
GRACE v. 2 definitions
To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. Great Jove and Phoebus graced his noble line. Pope. We are graced with wreaths of victory. Shak.
HONOR v.
To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility. Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor. Esther vi. 9. The name of Cassius…
REJUDGE v.
To judge again; to re Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. Pope.
SOLEMNIZE v.
To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers . . . Met from all parts to solemnize this feast. Milton.
SUBLIME v.
To dignify; to ennoble. An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a supernatural employment. Jer. Taylor.