Definition for GLO'RI-FY

GLO'RI-FY, v.t. [Fr. glorifier; L. gloria and facio, to make.]

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. To praise; to honor; to extol. Whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, him they set up and glorify. Spenser.
  4. To procure honor or praise to. Shak.

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