dignify

tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

1. To confer dignity or honor on; give distinction to: dignified him with a title.
2. To raise the status of (something unworthy or lowly); make honorable: would not dignify the insulting question with a response.

[Middle English dignifien, from Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificāre : Latin dignus, worthy + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

verb

1. To raise to a high position or status: aggrandize, apotheosize, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify, uplift. Idioms: put on a pedestal. See rise/fall.
2. To lend dignity or honor to by an act or favor: grace, honor. See beautiful/ugly.

v

Definition: make honorable; glorify
Antonyms: belittle, condemn, degrade, demote, detract, disgrace, humiliate, insult, shame

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: confer dignity or honor upon
  Synonym: ennoble

Meaning #2: raise the status of

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udmærke, hædre, pryde

Nederlands (Dutch)
(op)sieren, waardigheid geven aan

Français (French)
v. tr. - donner de la dignité à

Deutsch (German)
v. - würdigen, Glanz verleihen, aufwerten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξευγενίζω, εξυψώνω, δίνω αρχοντιά, προσδίδω αξιοπρέπεια

Italiano (Italian)
onorare, nobilitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dignificar, honrar

Русский (Russian)
облагораживать, величать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dignificar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hedra, göra värdig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使尊荣, 使高贵, 增威严

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使尊榮, 使高貴, 增威嚴

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 권위 있게 하다, 고상한 분위기가 나게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 威厳を付ける, …にもったいを付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبجل, يشرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כיבד, האדיר, ניפח‬

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