"dignify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/ [UK] Audio: En-us-dignify.ogg Forms: dignifies [present, singular, third-person], dignifying [participle, present], dignified [participle, past], dignified [past]
Etymology: From Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificare, from dignus (“worthy”) + ficare (in comp.), facere (“to make”). See deign and fact. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|dignifier}} Old French dignifier Head templates: {{en-verb}} dignify (third-person singular simple present dignifies, present participle dignifying, simple past and past participle dignified)
  1. (transitive) To invest with dignity or honour. Tags: transitive Translations (to honor): удостоявам (udostojavam) (Bulgarian), værdige (Danish), vereren (Dutch), honorer (French), 褒賞する (hōshō suru) (Japanese) Translations (to invest with dignity or honour): 品格を与える (hinkaku wo ataeru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-dignify-en-verb-Eh5gxlLm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 18 16 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 17 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 55 15 12 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 43 20 17 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 20 18 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 52 17 14 17 Disambiguation of 'to honor': 53 0 11 37 Disambiguation of 'to invest with dignity or honour': 98 0 1 1
  2. (transitive) To give distinction to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dignify-en-verb-~jyJhDvD
  3. (transitive) To exalt in rank. Tags: transitive Translations (to exalt in rank): въздигам (vǎzdigam) (Bulgarian), повишавам (povišavam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-dignify-en-verb-23gFmtF~ Disambiguation of 'to exalt in rank': 1 0 98 1
  4. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dignify-en-verb-KgzTz~1C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exalt, elevate, prefer, advance, honor, illustrate, adorn, ennoble Related terms: dignity, dignification, dignified

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for dignify meaning in English (5.0kB)

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