vverb.communicationpraise, glorify, or honorSynset:exalt extol glorify laud proclaim
Examples:- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
Derivationally Related Form:glorificationgloryextolmentexaltationlaudatorylauderlaudableextoller
Hypernyms:praise
Inherited Hypernyms:laudpraisemeasureevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:canonisecanonizecrack upenskyhymn
Full Troponyms:canonizecrack upenskyhymn
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: extol, laud, glorify)
vverb.changebestow glory uponExamples:- The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
Derivationally Related Form:glorificationglory
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:glorifychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeelevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfigurationSynset:glorify spiritualize transfigure
Derivationally Related Form:Transfigurationtransfiguration
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:transfigurechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changecause to seem more splendidExamples:- You are glorifying a rather mediocre building
Derivationally Related Form:glorificationglory
Hypernyms:aggrandise aggrandize blow up dramatise dramatize embellish embroider lard pad
Inherited Hypernyms:glorifyembroideroverstatemisinforminformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allaccorded sacrosanct or authoritative standingSynset:canonised canonized
Antonyms:unauthorized
Inherited Hypernyms:canonized
Similar to:authorised authorized