glorify

 
Pronunciation: /ˈglɔːrɪfʌɪ/

verb (glorifies, glorifying, glorified)

[with object]
  • 1praise and worship (God): music is used to glorify God
  • reveal the glory of (God) by one’s actions: God can be glorified through a life of scholarship
  • 2describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably: a football video glorifying violence

Derivatives

glorification

Pronunciation: /-fɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

glorifier

noun

Origin:

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