dignify

Определение dignify в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: to honor
Your worth will dignify our feast. - B. Jonson.; to invest with dignity or honour; to exalt in rank; to give distinction to; {v} to advance, raise, exalt, prefer honor; To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor; raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer; To dignify something means to make it impressive. Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster; disapproval If you say that a particular reaction or description dignifies something you have a low opinion of, you mean that it makes it appear acceptable. We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment. to make something or someone seem better or more important than they really are, especially by using a particular word to describe them dignify sb/sth with sth (dignifier, from dignus ); raise the status of; "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"; confer dignity or honor upon; "He was dignified with a title"; {f} honor; ennoble, exalt, aggrandize; raise, advance
dignified: Simple past tense and past participle of dignify
to dignify: ennoble
dignified: If you say that someone or something is dignified, you mean they are calm, impressive and deserve respect. He seemed a very dignified and charming man. behaving in a calm and serious way, even in a difficult situation, which makes people respect you
dignified: {s} honorable, worthy of respect, impressive
dignified: {a} invested with honors, exalted
dignified: having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman"
dignified: Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge
dignified: respectable
dignified: having or showing self-esteem
dignified: illustrious
dignifying: investing with dignity or honor; "the dignifying effect of his presence"; "the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings