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glorifying

 
Verb glorify has 4 senses
  1. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim - praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
    --1 is one way to praise
    Derived forms: noun glorification1, noun glorification3, noun glory1, noun glory2
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue glorify the movie
  2. glorify - bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
    --2 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun glorification1, noun glory1, noun glory2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. transfigure, glorify, spiritualize - elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
    --3 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
    --4 is one way to
    embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
    Derived forms: noun glorification2, noun glory1, noun glory2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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