glorify
verb/ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪ/
/ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they glorify | /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪ/ /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it glorifies | /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪz/ /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple glorified | /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪd/ /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle glorified | /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪd/ /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form glorifying | /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- glorify something (often disapproving) to make something seem better or more important than it really is
- He denies that the movie glorifies violence.
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- glorify somebody (formal) to praise and worship God
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French glorifier, from ecclesiastical Latin glorificare, from late Latin glorificus, from Latin gloria ‘glory’.
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