dignify

Meaning

Verb

• To invest with dignity or honour.
• To give distinction to.
• To exalt in rank.
• To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.

Related

Similar words

• exalt
• elevate
• prefer
• advance
• honor
• illustrate
• adorn
• ennoble

Opposite words

• demean
• humiliate
• mortify
• shame

Origin

• From Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificare, from dignus + ficare (in comp.), facere. See deign and fact.