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Definition of Dignifying

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

Meaning of Dignifying from wikipedia

- Dignity (from the Latin dignitas meaning "worth, worthiness; dignity, position, rank, status; authority, office; self-respect, grace") in some of its modern...
- (meaning "equal to" or "deemed to be"), was a generic term applied to dignify a group of sub-clans among the ruling elites and feudal lords of the Nair...
- his wife and son that he believed dying in a police shootout would be "dignifying" and that he "would not return to prison". Myron May, a 31-year-old man...
- allegations reported are untrue and unfounded [...] beyond that, I will not dignify these private matters with any further public comment." James declared...
- canceled the commission later that year, after complaints that the book would dignify the accusations. Oberg said that he meant to finish the book. In November...
- Son revelling with his wife—is, like many artists' depictions, a way of dignifying a genre tavern scene (if the title was indeed the original intention of...
- of Australia as "New Holland, an immense island, which some geographers dignify with the appellation of another continent" and the Oxford English Dictionary...
- not always welcome by living artists, but this is likely to change as dignifying signals are known. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét...
- A Daily Mail spokesperson told The Independent: "We are not going to dignify these absurd comments which wilfully misrepresent this cartoon apart from...
- pseudoscience, including that paying undue attention to pseudoscience could dignify it. On the other hand, Robert L. Park emphasizes how pseudoscience can...