glorify

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verb

1. praise, glorify, or honor (Freq. 4)
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
• Syn:
laud, extol, exalt, proclaim
• Derivationally related forms:
glorification, glory, exaltation (for: exalt), extoller (for: extol), extolment (for: extol), laudatory (for: laud), laudable (for: laud), lauder (for: laud)
• Hypernyms:
praise
• Hyponyms:
canonize, canonise, ensky, crack up, hymn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam and Sue glorify the movie
2. bestow glory upon (Freq. 1)
- The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
• Derivationally related forms:
glorification, glory
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
• Syn:
transfigure, spiritualize
• Derivationally related forms:
Transfiguration (for: transfigure), transfiguration (for: transfigure)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. cause to seem more splendid
- You are glorifying a rather mediocre building
• Derivationally related forms:
glorification, glory
• Hypernyms:
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize,
aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  transfigure, spiritualize, laud, extol, exalt, proclaim