B2verb · transitive · rare

glorify

glorify · glorifies · glorified · glorifying

прославити, прославляти

восхвалять, прославить, прославлять, поклоняться

verherrlichen, anbeten, verklären, glorifizieren

To exalt, or give glory or praise toTo exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).

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/ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/

» It's nothing but a glorified paperweight now.

Sie ist nurmehr ein besserer Briefbeschwerer.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
verherrlichen
прославля́тьproslavljátʹ, просла́витьproslávitʹ, восхваля́тьvosxvaljátʹ
прославля́тиproslavljáty, просла́витиproslávyty
bestow glory upon
(transitive)To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.
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.
glorifizieren, verklären
превозноси́тьprevoznosítʹ, превознести́prevoznestí
(transitive)To worship or extol.
anbeten
боготвори́тьbogotvorítʹ, поклоня́тьсяpoklonjátʹsja

Examples

12 sentences

It's nothing but a glorified paperweight now.
deSie ist nurmehr ein besserer Briefbeschwerer.
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There are economic systems that don't glorify money.
deEs gibt Wirtschaftssysteme, die das Geld nicht verherrlichen.
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This glorifying language elides the horrors of war.
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These mobile apps glorify smoking and encourage children to use tobacco products.
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Glorify the ocean, but stay on the ground.
deVerherrliche den Ozean, aber bleibe auf dem Boden.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone:

Русский

By meaning 3

to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone:

to make something appear to be more glorious than it is:

to worship or extol:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone:

to make something appear to be more glorious than it is:

to worship or extol:

Origin

From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin

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.

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