Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIG'NI-FY, v.t. [Sp. dignificar; L. dignus, worthy, and facio, to make.]

1. To invest with honor or dignity; to exalt in rank; to promote; to elevate to a high office.
2. To honor; to make illustrious; to distinguish by some excellence, or that which gives celebrity. Your worth will dignify our feast. – B. Jonson.