glorify

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1676 The state of the Lord's glorification and humiliation (n 1785, 1999, 2159, 6866 Glorification in respect to the Lord is the uniting of His Human with the Divine; and to glorify is to make Divine n.

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  1. transitive verb To give glory, honor, or high praise to; exalt.
  2. transitive verb To cause to be or seem more glorious or excellent than is actually the case: Your descriptions have glorified an average house into a mansion.
  3. transitive verb To give glory to, especially through worship.

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  • He would like to glorify, as a father of their fatherland, worthy of a golden statue and an annual festival, his friend Martin, who had been the first to venture to liberate the people of God, and show them the way to true piety. —  Life of Luther
  • You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. —  RVABlogs
  • I don't have any patience for glorifying iconography, it's not something I've ever had patience for, it's just a lazy way to get people to like a band to over-glorify them and make them into rock stars. —  Stories from The Sun
  • Yeats 'surprise ending makes the play's meaning - does it glorify or damn a life of sensuality?
  • I glorify your name for your name is above every name —  inJesus :: Online Community :: Last posted message
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  1. Middle English glorifien, from Old French glorefier, from Latin glōrificāre : glōria, glory + -ficāre, -fy.

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  1. from Middle English glorifien, from Old French glorifier, French glorifier = Provencal glorifiar, glorificar- Spanish Portuguese glorificar = Italian glorificare, from Late Latin glorificare, glorify, from glorificus, full of glory, from Latin gloria, glory, + facere, make.
 

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/ˈgloʊrɪfai/
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