Dignify
['dɪgnɪfaɪ] or ['dɪɡnɪfaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) raise the status of; 'I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer'.
Edited by Emily--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.
Typist: Susan
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Advance, promote, exalt, ennoble, prefer to office.[2]. Honor, grace, adorn, give lustre to, add dignity to.
Typist: Osborn
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Aggrandize, elevate, invest, adorn, exalt, advance, promote, honor
ANT:Degrade, disinvest, humiliate, disgrace
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Definition
v.t. to invest with honour: to exalt:—pr.p. dig′nifying; pa.p. dig′nified.—n. Dignificā′tion.—adj. Dig′nified marked with dignity: exalted: noble: grave.
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Examples
- In short, every one of his faults we either endeavour to extenuate, or dignify it with the name of that virtue, which approaches it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- You will excuse my landlord, said the old lady with a dignified air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nor a drop,' said Mr. Bumble, waving his right hand in a dignified, but placid manner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- This boyish notion won no converts, and at the age of eighteen he went on a lecture tour on chemistry, under the dignified title of Dr. Coult. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Though not a garrulous race, the Tharks are extremely formal, and their ways lend themselves amazingly to dignified and courtly manners. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Mr. Bumble made no reply; but in a slow and dignified manner, put his arm round the matron's waist. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It has been dignified and liberal. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I have heard, sir,' returned Mrs Wilfer, with a dignified bend of her head, 'of such being the case. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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