Dignify
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English
Verb
Dignify (third-person singular simple present dignifies, present participle dignifying, simple past and past participle dignified)
- to invest with dignity or honour
- to give distinction to
- to exalt in rank
- to honor.
- Your worth will dignify our feast. - B. Jonson.
Synonyms for Dignify
exalt, elevate, prefer, advance, honor, illustrate, adorn, ennoble, decorate, promote, revere, honor, proclaim, extol, magnify, glorify, award.
Antonyms for Dignify
condemn, stultify, degrade, shame, disgrace, calumniate, detract, slander, slur, insult, belittle, humble, humiliate, abase, demean, lower.
Thesaurus
adorn, aggrandize, bestow honor upon, better, celebrate, confer distinction on, conventionalize, distinguish, elevate, enhance, ennoble, erect, exalt, formalize, glorify, grace, honor, improve, lift, magnify, observe, raise, ritualize, signalize, solemnize, stylize, sublime, upgrade, uplift, upraise, uprear
Etymology
From Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificare; Latin dignus (worthy) + ficare (in comp.), facere (to make). See deign, and fact.
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