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单词 dignify
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dignify

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdignifydig‧ni‧fy /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/ verb (dignified, dignifying, dignifies) [transitive]  IMPORTANTto make something or someone seem better or more important than they really are, especially by using a particular word to describe themdignify somebody/something with something I cannot dignify him with the name ‘physician’.→ See Verb tableExamples from the CorpusdignifySlice was perched along the sides of a cleft in the mountains that couldn't be dignified by the name of valley.A huge portrait of the couple dignified the living room wall.dignify somebody/something with somethingI'm not even going to dignify that last comment with a response.Origin dignify (1400-1500) Old French dignifier, from Latin dignus deserving admiration
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