English-Thai Dictionary

glorify

VT ยกย่อง  สรรเสริญ  เชิดชู  ให้เกียรติ  honor praise condemn yok-yong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLORIFY

v.t.[L. gloria and facio, to make. ] 1. To praise; to magnify and honor in worship; to ascribe honor to, in thought or words. Psalm 86:9
God is glorified, when such his excellency, above all things, is with due admiration acknowledged.
2. To make glorious; to exalt to glory, or to celestial happiness.
Whom he justified, them he also glorified. Romans 8:3 .
The God of our fathers hath glorified his son Jesus. Acts 3:13.
3. To praise; to honor; to extol.
Whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life--him they set up and glorify.
4. To procure honor or praise to.

 

GLORIFYING

ppr. Praising; honoring in worship; exalting to glory; honoring; extolling.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GLORIFY

Glo "ri *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glorified; p. pr. & vb. n.Glorifying. ] Etym: [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 asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore. That we for thee may glorify the Lord. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

glorify

glo ri fy |ˈglôrəˌfī ˈɡlɔrəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( glorifies, glorifying, glorified ) [ with obj. ] 1 reveal or make clearer the glory of (God ) by one's actions: God can be glorified through a life of scholarship. • give praise to (God ). 2 describe or represent as admirable, esp. unjustifiably or undeservedly: a football video glorifying violence. DERIVATIVES glo ri fi ca tion |ˌglôrəfiˈkāSHən |noun, glo ri fi er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French glorifier, from ecclesiastical Latin glorificare, from late Latin glorificus, from Latin gloria ‘glory. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

glorify

glor |ify |ˈglɔːrɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( glorifies, glorifying, glorified ) [ with obj. ] 1 praise and worship (God ). • reveal the glory of (God ) by one's actions: God can be glorified through a life of scholarship. 2 describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably: a football video glorifying violence. DERIVATIVES glorification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, glorifier noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French glorifier, from ecclesiastical Latin glorificare, from late Latin glorificus, from Latin gloria ‘glory ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

glorify

glorify verb 1 they gather to glorify God: praise, extol, exalt, worship, revere, reverence, venerate, pay homage to, honor, adore, thank, give thanks to; formal laud; archaic magnify. 2 a poem to glorify the memory of the dead: ennoble, exalt, elevate, dignify, enhance, augment, promote; praise, celebrate, honor, extol, lionize, acclaim, applaud, hail; glamorize, idealize, romanticize, enshrine, immortalize; formal laud. ANTONYMS dishonor.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

glorify

glorify verb 1 their prime purpose is to glorify God: give praise to, praise, extol, exalt, laud, worship, revere, reverence, venerate, pay homage /tribute to, honour, adore, thank, give thanks to, bless; archaic magnify. 2 a poem written to glorify the memory of those men killed in the war | a football video glorifying violence: 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; black English big up; dated cry up; rare emblazon, panegyrize, heroize. ANTONYMS dishonour, vilify.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

glorify

glo ri fy /ɡlɔ́ːrɪfàɪ /→glory 動詞 -fies /-z /; -fied /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 «…で » …を美化する, (実際以上に )よく言う [見せる ] «with » ▸ glorify violence 暴力行為を美化する 2 〈神など 〉の栄光をたたえる, …を賛美する ; 〈勇士など 〉の栄誉をたたえる .