English-Thai Dictionary

dignify

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIGNIFY

v.t.[L., worthy; to make. ] 1. To invest with honor or dignity; to exalt in rank; to promote; to elevate to a high office.
2. To honor; to make illustrious; to distinguish by some excellence, or that which gives celebrity.
Your worth will dignify our feast.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIGNIFY

Dig "ni *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dignified; p. pr. & vb. n.Dignifying.] Etym: [OF. dignifier, fr. LL. d; L. dignus worthy + ficare (in comp. ), facere to make. See Deign, and Fact. ]

 

Defn: To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor. Your worth will dignity our feast. B. Jonson.

 

Syn. -- To exalt; elevate; prefer; advance; honor; illustrate; adorn; ennoble.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dignify

dig ni fy |ˈdignəˌfī ˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( dignifies, dignifying, dignified ) [ with obj. ] make (something ) seem worthy and impressive: the Americans had dignified their departure with a ceremony. • give an impressive name to (someone or something that one considers worthless ): dumps are increasingly dignified as landfills. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French dignefier, from late Latin dignificare, from Latin dignus ‘worthy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

dignify

dig |nify |ˈdɪgnɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( dignifies, dignifying, dignified ) [ with obj. ] make (something ) seem worthy and impressive: the Americans had dignified their departure with a ceremony. • give an impressive name to (someone or something unworthy of it ): dumps are increasingly dignified as landfills. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French dignefier, from late Latin dignificare, from Latin dignus ‘worthy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dignify

dignify verb shall we dignify their arrival with some music? ennoble, enhance, distinguish, add distinction to, honor, grace, exalt, magnify, glorify, elevate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dignify

dignify verb they dignified their departure with a ceremony: distinguish, add distinction to, add dignity to, honour, bestow honour on, grace, adorn, exalt, enhance, add lustre to, magnify, ennoble, glorify, elevate, make lofty, aggrandize, upgrade.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dignify

dig ni fy /dɪ́ɡnɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 «…で » 〈人 物など 〉に威厳をつける ; もったいをつける, …を立派に見せかける «with » .