dignify
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dignify
- /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/ UK
Where it comes from
From Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificare, from dignus (“worthy”) + ficare (in comp.), facere (“to make”). See deign and fact.
verb dignifies · dignifying · dignified
- To invest with dignity or honour. Your worth will dignify our feast.
- To give distinction to. Or, when more deeply moved, he would exclaim-- "As noble thoughts the inward being grace, So noble whiskers dignify the face."
- To exalt in rank.
- To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging. I will not dignify that comment with a response.
