Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GLO'RI-FY
GLO'RI-FY, v.t. [Fr. glorifier; L. gloria and facio, to make.]
- To praise; to magnify and honor in worship; to ascribe honor to, in thought or words. Ps. lxxxvi. 9. God is glorified, when such his excellency, above all thing, is with due admiration acknowledged. Hooker.
- To make glorious; to exalt to glory, or to celestial happiness. Whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom. viii. The God of our fathers hath glorified his son Jesus. Acts iii.
- To praise; to honor; to extol. Whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, him they set up and glorify. Spenser.
- To procure honor or praise to. Shak.
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