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glorify, v.|ˈglɔərɪfaɪ|
[ad. F. glorifier, ad. late L. glōrificāre, f. glōrificus, adj. f. glōria glory + fac-ĕre to make.]
1. trans. To render glorious; to invest with glory, procure glory for. In early quots. esp. to exalt to the glory of heaven.
a1340Hampole Psalter xiv. 5 Þaim þat dredis god he glorifys. Þat is he haldis þaim gloriouse and worthi to rest in godis hill. 1382Wyclif John vii. 39 Ihesus was not ȝit glorified. [So also 1551 and 1611.] c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xv. 67 Þe gude he sall drawe on his party and glorify þam in ioy withouten end. c1440Gesta Rom. xxviii. 107 (Harl. MS.) When a man shalle be glorifiede in body and in soule, in the day of dome. 1520Caxton's Chron. Eng. iii. 27/1 That the temporall peas myght gloryfye the natyvyte of our Savyour. 1603S. Daniel Panegyr. to King's Majesty lviii, Those righteous issues, which shall glorifie And comfort many Nations with their worth. a1625Beaum. & Fl. Laws of Candy iii. ii, Nothing More glorifies the noble, and the valiant, Than to despise contempt.
b. In physical sense: To throw a glorious light upon, to invest with radiance. † Formerly also, to beautify or embellish, deck with splendid ornament.
1503Hawes Examp. Virt. vi. 9 Vp came dame fortune so gayly gloryfyed. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 485 As the bright sunne glorifies the skie. 1595― John ii. i. 442. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche ii. liv. (1702) 18 To glorify a Wall With Tapestry feats is womanish, say I. 1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am xli, The harvest moon glorified the dinginess of Milton Street. 1882Harper's Mag. Dec. 13/2 The cliffs and crags..are glorified by the beams of the departing orb.
c. To transform into something more glorious or splendid; to invest (something common or inferior) with charm or beauty.
1867M. E. Braddon R. Godwin I. i. 5 The sunshine..transforms and glorifies the commonest objects, until the earth seems unfamiliar and beautiful as fairyland. 1880J. F. Clarke Self-Culture viii. 187 Burns, Wordsworth, Whittier..have known how to glorify common life and every-day people with the charm of romance.
2. a. To advance the glory of (God, His name) by faithful action or suffering. (Cf. glory n. 2 b.) b. To ascribe glory and praise in adoration to (God).
1340Ayenb. 196 Þet we maki oure guode dedes to-uore þe uolkerede þeruore þet god by y-hered and y-glorefied. 1388Wyclif John xxi. 19 Signfiyinge bi what deth he schuld glorifie God. a1400Prymer (1891) 50 Make sauf alle men þt glorefiȝeth the. c1460Towneley Myst. iv. 245 Thi will, Thi name, to glorifye Ouer all this warld so wide. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 181 b, Glorifyed be thy holy name. 1650Jer. Taylor Holy Living iv. ad §10 (1727) 331, I bless and glorifie thy name. 1715De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. i. (1841) I. 33 The goodness..of God..which has given me..so many ways to glorify him.
3. To describe or represent as glorious; to extol, honour, magnify with praise (a person or thing).
1557North tr. Gueuara's Diall Pr. 69 a/1 Prayse and gloryfye thy beautye asmuche as thou thinckest good, yet [etc.]. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 641/1 Whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life..him they sett up and glorifye in theyr rimes. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. v. v. K 2 b, He weepes: now doe I glorifie my hands, I had no vengeance, if I had no teares. a1631Donne Poems (1633) 229 No chymique yet th' Elixar got, But glorifies his pregnant pot, If [etc.]. 1834Mrs. Boddington Remin. Rhine I. 30 There is bad taste in thus seeking to glorify one particular wound amidst so many instances of devotedness even to death. 1879Froude Cæsar xx. 341 Cæsar, who was being so much praised and glorified.
4. refl. († and intr. for refl.) To boast or vaunt oneself, to make one's boast, exult. Now rare. Const. in, of, to with infin., or that.
1340Ayenb. 25 Þus him ioisseþ and him glorifieþ þe wreche ine his herte. Ibid. 270 Naȝt of oþre þinge ne glorefye þe. c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 137 (186) ‘Immortal God!’..Cupide I mene, of this mayst glorifye. c1384― H. Fame iii. 44 He ought him lytel glorifye That her on bilt. c1400Rom. Rose 5450 They maken foolis glorifye Of hir wordis [greet] speking. 1474Caxton Chesse 30 And they glorefye them in theyr connyng. 1484― Curiall 3 b, Arystotle the phylosophre gloryfyed in him self that he had lefte the hye palays of kyng Alysaundre. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccccxviii. 732 Philyppe glorifyed so in his fayre fortune and victory..that [etc.]. 1539Tonstall Serm. Palm Sund. (1823) 17 Men in erth do glorifie in hym. 1548Hall Chron., Hen IV, 16 b, Owen Glendor glorifying hymself in these twoo victories, invaded the Marches of Wales. 1655tr. De Parc's Francion vii. 15 Some senselesse Courtiers..glorifie that they have feathers as great as the Mules in the Kings stable. 1836E. Howard R. Reefer xxvi, For the which he glorified himself exceedingly.
5. Alch. To refine, sublime.
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