glorify

Verb
  1. Praise, glorify, or honor (synset 200862284)
    "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
    is a type of: praise - express approval of
    subtypes:
    • canonise, canonize - treat as a sacred person
    • ensky - exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise
    • crack up - rhapsodize about
    • hymn - praise by singing a hymn
    same as: exalt, extol, laud, proclaim
  2. Bestow glory upon (synset 200490235)
    "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  3. Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration (synset 200581589)
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: spiritualize, transfigure
  4. Cause to seem more splendid (synset 200490432)
    "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
    is a type of: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad - add details to

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