dignify

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dig·ni·fy /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/ verb (dignified, dignifying, dignifies) [transitive] IMPORTANTto make something or someone seem better or more important than they really are, especially by using a particular word to describe them 〔尤指通过使用某个词〕抬高…的身价，抬举dignify somebody/something with something I cannot dignify him with the name ‘physician’. 我不能用 “医生” 这个称呼来高抬他。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

dignify• Slice was perched along the sides of a cleft in the mountains that couldn't be dignified by the name of valley.• A huge portrait of the couple dignified the living room wall.dignify somebody/something with something• I'm not even going to dignify that last comment with a response.Origin dignify (1400-1500) Old French dignifier, from Latin dignus “deserving admiration”

dig·ni·fy verbChineseSyllable

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dignify
dig‧ni‧fy /ˈdɪɡnəfaɪ, ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/

verb (past tense and past participle dignified, present participle dignifying, third person singular dignifies) [transitive]

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: dignifier, from Latin dignus __deserving admiration__

to make something or someone seem better or more important than they really are, especially by using a particular word to describe them
dignify somebody/something with something