glorify
['glorə`faɪ]
vt. 赞美, 美, 赞扬, 使辉

1. The setting sun glorified the scene.
   落日使更美。
2. The newspapers glorified their heroic deeds.
   纸颂英雄迹。
3. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.
   3 耶华，举。

glorify
glorified
[ verb ]

1. praise, glorify, or honor

<verb.communication> exalt extol laud proclaim
extol the virtues of one's children
glorify one's spouse's cooking

2. bestow glory upon

<verb.change>
The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic

3. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

<verb.change> spiritualize transfigure

4. cause to seem more splendid

<verb.change>
You are glorifying a rather mediocre building

Glorify \Glo"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glorified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glorifying}.] [F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria
glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
1. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor
and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or
to celestial glory.

Jesus was not yet glorified. --John vii.
39.

2. To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by
ascribing glory to; to acknowledge the excellence of; to
render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.

That we for thee may glorify the Lord. --Shak.

3. To make (something or someone) appear to be more
important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be
thought; as, to glorify every routine job by giving its
performer the title ``engineer''..
[PJC]