Definitions
To praise, honor, or make something seem admirable.
Word origin
From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glōrificō, from Latin glōria + -ficō (“to make”). By surface analysis, glory + -fy. Displaced native Middle English wuldrien (“to glorify”), from Old English wuldrian as well as Middle English stellifien (“to glorify, make stellar”), from Old French stellifier (Medieval Latin stellificāre); see stellify.
Used in a sentence
“Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.”
“Historical dictators are glorified in some countries that are dictatorships and by some political radicals.”
“Thursday's long-awaited relocation fulfils a key pledge of the socialist government, which said Spain should not continue to glorify a fascist who ruled the country for nearly four decades.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Praise highly”7 letters
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