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glorify

Syllabification: (glo·ri·fy)
Pronunciation: /ˈglôrəˌfī/
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Definition of glorify

verb (glorifies, glorifying, glorified)

[with object]
  • 1reveal or make clearer the glory of (God) by one’s actions:God can be glorified through a life of scholarship
  • give praise to (God).
  • 2describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably or undeservedly:a football video glorifying violence

Derivatives

glorification

Pronunciation: /ˌglôrəfiˈkāSHən/
noun

glorifier

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French glorifier, from ecclesiastical Latin glorificare, from late Latin glorificus, from Latin gloria 'glory'

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