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excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore. That we for thee may glorify the Lord. Shak.

To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [R.] Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.

To deprive of glory. [R.] I. Watts.

To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Ps. ciii. 1.

To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor. Fame in time to come canonize us. Shak.

To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28).

eam in motion; as, a current of electricity. Two such silver currents, when they join, Do glorify the banks that bound them in. Shak. The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents, whose direction . . . the navigator should know. Nichol.

To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. "Exalt ye the Lord." Ps. xcix. 5. In his own grace he doth exalt himself. Shak.

The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to. Jer. Taylor.

To worship; to glorify; to praise. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

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 honors this corruption. Shak.…

To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. [Obs.] Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates. Milton.

To praise; to extol; to glorify. "Kudos'd egregiously." [R.] Southey.

To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being. Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts! Ps. cxlviii. 2.