Verb: glorify 'glo-ru,fI
- Praise, glorify, or honour
"glorify one's spouse's cooking";
- laud, extol, exalt, proclaim
- Bestow glory upon
"The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
- Cause to seem more splendid
"You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
- Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
"The artist glorified the ordinary scene into something sublime";
- transfigure, spiritualize, spiritualise [Brit]
Derived forms: glorifying, glorifies, glorified
Type of: aggrandise [Brit], aggrandize, alter, change, dramatise [Brit], dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, modify, pad, praise