glorifyv.
/ˈɡlɔːrɪfʌɪ/ 1.
a. transitive. To render glorious; to invest with glory, procure glory for. In early quots. esp. to exalt to the glory of heaven.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)]
heavec825
higheOE
brightenOE
clarifya1340
glorifya1340
enhancec1374
stellifyc1384
biga1400
exalt?a1400
raisea1400
shrinea1400
to bear up?a1425
enhighc1440
erect?a1475
assumec1503
amount1523
dignifya1530
to set up1535
extol1545
enthronize1547
augment1567
sublimate?1567
sublime1568
assumptc1571
begoda1576
royalize1589
suscitate1598
swell1601
consecrate1605
realize1611
reara1616
sphere1615
ingreata1620
superexalta1626
soara1627
ascend1628
rise1628
embroider1629
apotheose1632
grandize1640
engreaten1641
engrandizea1652
mount1651
intronificate1653
magnificent1656
superposit1661
grandify1665
heroify1677
apotheosize1695
enthrone1699
aggrandize1702
pantheonize1801
hoist1814
princify1847
queen1880
heroize1887
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xiv. 5 Þaim þat dredis god he glorifys. Þat is he haldis þaim gloriouse and worthi to rest in godis hill.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vii. 39 Forsoth the Spirit was not ȝit ȝouun, for Jhesus was not ȝit glorified.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 67 Þe gude he sall drawe on his party and glorify þam in ioy withouten end.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxviii. 107 When a man shalle be glorifiede in body and in soule, in the day of dome.
1520 Caxton's Chron. Eng. iii. 27/1 That the temporall peas myght gloryfye the natyvyte of our Savyour.
1603 S. Daniel Panegyrike lviii Those righteous issues, which shall glorifie And comfort many Nations with their worth.
?a1625 Lawes of Candy iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhh2/1 Nothing More glorifies the noble, and the valiant, Then to despise contempt.
b. In physical sense: To throw a glorious light upon, to invest with radiance. †Formerly also, to beautify or embellish, deck with splendid ornament.
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the world > matter > light > shine [verb (transitive)] > with golden or glorious light
gildc1425
glorify?1504
engild1598
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament
dightc1200
begoa1225
fay?c1225
rustc1275
duba1300
shrouda1300
adorna1325
flourishc1325
apparel1366
depaintc1374
dressa1375
raila1375
anorna1382
orna1382
honourc1390
paintc1390
pare1393
garnisha1400
mensk?a1400
apykec1400
hightlec1400
overfretc1440
exornc1450
embroider1460
repair1484
empare1490
ornate1490
bedo?a1500
purfle?a1500
glorify?1504
betrap1509
broider1509
deck?1521
likelya1522
to set forth1530
exornate1539
grace1548
adornate1550
fardc1550
gaud1554
pink1558
bedeck1559
tight1572
begaud1579
embellish1579
bepounce1582
parela1586
flower1587
ornify1590
illustrate1592
tinsel1594
formalize1595
adore1596
suborn1596
trapper1597
condecorate1599
diamondize1600
furnish1600
enrich1601
mense1602
prank1605
overgreen1609
crown1611
enjewel1611
broocha1616
varnish1641
ornament1650
array1652
bedub1657
bespangle1675
irradiate1717
gem1747
begem1749
redeck1771
blazon1813
aggrace1825
diamond1839
panoply1851
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.iiiv Vp came dame fortune so gayly gloryfyed.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diij As the bright sunne glorifies the skie. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 443.
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) ii. liv. 18 To glorify a Wall With tapestry feats, is womanish, say I.
1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xli The harvest moon glorified the dinginess of Milton Street.
1882 Harper's Mag. Dec. 13/2 The cliffs and crags..are glorified by the beams of the departing orb.
c. To transform into something more glorious or splendid; to invest (something common or inferior) with charm or beauty.
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1867 M. E. Braddon R. Godwin I. i. 5 The sunshine..transforms and glorifies the commonest objects, until the earth seems unfamiliar and beautiful as fairyland.
1880 J. F. Clarke Self-culture viii. 187 Burns, Wordsworth, Whittier..have known how to glorify common life and every-day people with the charm of romance.
2. (a) To advance the glory of (God, His name) by faithful action or suffering. (Cf. glory n. 2b.) (b) To ascribe glory and praise in adoration to (God).
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society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)]
heryc735
wortheOE
hallowa1000
blessOE
worshipa1200
servec1225
anourec1275
adorec1300
glorify1340
laud1377
magnifya1382
praisea1382
sacre1390
feara1400
reverencec1400
anorna1425
adorn1480
embrace1490
elevatea1513
reverent1565
god1595
venerate1623
thanksgivea1638
congratule1657
doxologizea1816
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [verb (transitive)] > glorify
clarifya1340
glorify1340
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 196 Þet we maki oure guode dedes to-uore þe uolkerede þeruore þet god by y-hered and y-glorefied.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) John xxi. 19 Signfiyinge bi what deth he schuld glorifie God.
a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 50 Make sauf alle men þt glorefiȝeth the.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iv. 56 Thi will, thi name, to glorifye Ouer all this warld so wide.
1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Cii Glorifye thy holy name.
1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Living (1727) iv. ad §10. 331 I bless and glorifie thy name.
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. i. 37 The Goodness..of God..which has given me..so many Ways to glorifie him.
3. To describe or represent as glorious; to extol, honour, magnify with praise (a person or thing).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)]
heryc735
mickleeOE
loveOE
praise?c1225
upraisea1300
alosec1300
commenda1340
allow1340
laud1377
lose1377
avauntc1380
magnifya1382
enhancea1400
roosea1400
recommendc1400
recommanda1413
to bear up?a1425
exalt1430
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
laudifyc1470
gloryc1475
advance1483
to bear out1485
prizec1485
to be or to have in laudationa1500
joya1500
extol1509
collaud1512
concend?1521
solemnize?1521
celebrate1522
stellify1523
to set up1535
well-word1547
predicate1552
glorify1557
to set forth1565
admire1566
to be up with1592
voice1594
magnificate1598
plaud1598
concelebrate1599
encomionize1599
to con laud1602
applauda1616
panegyrize1617
acclamate1624
to set offa1625
acclaim1626
raise1645
complement1649
encomiate1651
voguec1661
phrase1675
to set out1688
Alexander1700
talk1723
panegyricize1777
bemouth1799
eulogizea1810
rhapsodize1819
crack up1829
rhapsody1847
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 69/1 Prayse and gloryfye thy beautye asmuche as thou thinckest good, yet [etc.].
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 52 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Whomsoever they finde to be most licentious of life..him they set up and glorifie in their Rithmes.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. v. sig. K2v He weepes: now doe I glorifie my hands, I had no vengeance, if I had no teares.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 229 No chymique yet th' Elixar got, But glorifies his pregnant pot, If [etc.].
1834 M. Boddington Slight Reminisc. Rhine I. 30 There is bad taste in thus seeking to glorify one particular wound amidst so many instances of devotedness even to death.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xx. 341 Cæsar, who was being so much praised and glorified.
4. reflexive (†and intransitive for reflexive) To boast or vaunt oneself, to make one's boast, exult. Now rare. Const. in, of, to with infinitive, or that.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > be vainglorious or behave vaingloriously [verb (reflexive)]
beyelpc1330
avaunt1340
glorify1340
yelp1340
boasta1400
brawl?a1400
roosea1400
vaunta1400
advance1483
brag1548
vainglorya1637
braggadociea1688
wind1827
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]
yelpc888
kebc1315
glorify1340
to make avauntc1340
boast1377
brag1377
to shake boastc1380
glorya1382
to make (one's) boastc1385
crackc1470
avaunt1471
glaster1513
voust1513
to make (one's or a) vauntc1515
jet?1521
vaunt?1521
crowa1529
rail1530
devauntc1540
brave1549
vaunt1611
thrasonize1619
vapour1629
ostentate1670
goster1673
flourish1674
rodomontade1681
taper1683
gasconade1717
stump1721
rift1794
mang1819
snigger1823
gab1825
cackle1847
to talk horse1855
skite1857
to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859
to shoot off one's mouth1864
spreadeagle1866
swank1874
bum1877
to sound off1918
woof1934
to shoot a line1941
to honk off1952
to mouth off1958
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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 25 Þus him ioisseþ and him glorifieþ þe wreche ine his herte.
1340 Ayenb. 270 Naȝt of oþre þinge ne glorefye þe.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 137 (186) ‘Immortal God!’..Cupide I mene, of this mayst glorifye.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 44 He ought him lytel glorifye That her on bilt.
c1400 Rom. Rose 5450 They maken foolis glorifye Of hir wordis [greet] speking.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 41 And gloryfye them in their connyng.
1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iijv Arystotle the phylosophre gloryfyed in him self that he had lefte the hye palays of kyng Alysaundre.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxviii. 732 Philyppe glorifyed so in his fayre fortune and victory..that [etc.].
1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 17 Men in erth do glorifie in hym.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xviv Owen Glendor glorifying hymself in these twoo victories, inuaded the Marches of Wales.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion vii. 15 Some senselesse Courtiers..glorifie that they have feathers as great as the Mules of the Kings stable.
1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxvi For the which he glorified himself exceedingly.
5. Alchemy. To refine, sublime.
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the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [verb (transitive)] > refining
exalt1471
exaltate1471
graduate1646
glorify1658
1658 [implied in: G. Starkey Natures Explic. Ep. to Rdr. sig. c6 Thus also may be made..the glorified Sulphur of Antimony. (at glorified adj. 1)].
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