Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - glorify
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(glorifies, glorifying, glorified) To glorify something means to praise it or make it seem good or special, usually when it is not. This magazine in no way glorifies gangs. ...the banning of songs glorifying war and racism. VERB: V n, V n • glorification ...the glorification of violence. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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 ~ing 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 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 exalt to heavenly glory; make glorious. 2 transform into something more splendid. 3 extol; praise. 4 (as glorified adj.) seeming or pretending to be more splendid than in reality (just a glorified office boy). Derivatives glorification n. glorifier n. Etymology: ME f. OF glorifier f. eccl.L glorificare f. LL glorificus f. L gloria glory ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. прославлять the names which glorified this age —- имена, прославившие наш век 2. превозносить, хвалить to glorify common life —- восхвалять простую жизнь 3. возвеличивать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) прославлять, восхвалять, окружать ореолом; возвеличивать 2) usu. past part.; coll. украшать ...Англо-русский словарь
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