Glorify



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 吹捧, 美化
• ［英］ v. 吹捧, 美化 ( make ordinary or bad appear better)
• ［例］ a book which glorifies the horrors of war

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-French glorifier, from Late Latin glorificare, from gloria
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. to make glorious by bestowing honor, praise, or admiration
  • b. to elevate to celestial glory
• 2. to light up brilliantly
• 3.
  • a. to represent as glorious ; extol <a song glorifying romantic love>
  • b. to cause to be or seem to be better than the actual condition <the new position is just a glorified version of the old stockroom job>
• 4. to give glory to (as in worship)
• ? glorification noun
• ? glorifier noun

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