"dignifying" meaning in All languages combined

See dignifying on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more dignifying [comparative], most dignifying [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} dignifying (comparative more dignifying, superlative most dignifying)
  1. Conveying or conducive to a sense of dignity. Derived forms: undignifying
    Sense id: en-dignifying-en-adj-aN2klbRN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dignifying
  1. present participle and gerund of dignify Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dignify
    Sense id: en-dignifying-en-verb-gbqCJzJd
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          "ref": "1838, T. F. Thomas, Familiar Lectures, on the doctrine of the Trinity, and other subjects, page 50:",
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          "ref": "1847, William Howitt, Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, page 387:",
          "text": "Besides the irresistible contagion of his merriment, the flashes of wit, the tenderness of his sentiment, the wild laughter of his satiric scorn of cant, and priestcraft, and self-righteousness, the ardor of his patriotism, the gayety of his social songs, there is a tone in his graver writing which breathes over the hearts of his countrymen, and of all the world, the highest and most dignifying feeling that ever hallowed the heart of man.",
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