glorify
verb
[ ˈɡlɔːrɪfʌɪ ]
• praise and worship (God).
• "music is used to glorify God"
Similar:
give praise to,
praise,
extol,
exalt,
laud,
worship,
revere,
reverence,
venerate,
pay homage/tribute to,
honour,
adore,
thank,
give thanks to,
bless,
magnify,
• describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably.
• "a football video glorifying violence"
Similar:
ennoble,
exalt,
elevate,
lift up,
add dignity to,
dignify,
add lustre to,
add distinction to,
enhance,
increase,
augment,
promote,
boost,
praise,
sing/sound the praises of,
celebrate,
honour,
extol,
laud,
eulogize,
hymn,
lionize,
acclaim,
applaud,
hail,
glamorize,
aggrandize,
idealize,
romanticize,
put on a pedestal,
enshrine,
apotheosize,
canonize,
immortalize,
big up,
cry up,
emblazon,
panegyrize,
heroize,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French glorifier, from ecclesiastical Latin glorificare, from late Latin glorificus, from Latin gloria ‘glory’.
