Synonyms of the word dignify


DIGNIFYELEVATE - ENNOBLE - HONOR - HONOUR - LIFT - RAISE - REWARD

dignify

  • v. to invest with dignity or honour.
  • v. to give distinction to.
  • v. to exalt in rank.
  • v. to honor.

elevate

  • v. (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
  • v. (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
  • v. (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
  • v. (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
  • v. (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
  • v. (dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
  • v. (obsolete, Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
  • adj. (obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

ennoble

  • v. To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
  • v. To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and…

honor

  • n. (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally…
  • n. (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence…
  • n. (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such…
  • n. A privilege.
  • n. (in the plural) The privilege of going first.
  • n. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
  • n. (feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
  • n. (heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon. (Compare honour point…
  • n. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In…
  • n. (in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
  • v. (transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or…
  • v. (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request,…
  • v. (transitive) To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
  • v. (transitive) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft etc).

honour

  • n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.
  • v. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.

lift

  • n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
  • n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic…
  • v. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
  • v. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  • v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  • v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
  • v. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
  • v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  • v. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
  • n. An act of lifting or raising.
  • n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  • n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between…
  • n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  • n. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated…
  • n. (historical slang) A thief.
  • n. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  • n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  • n. an improvement in mood.
  • n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  • n. A rise; a degree of elevation.
  • n. A lift gate.
  • n. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or…
  • n. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  • n. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  • n. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

raise

  • v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
  • v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
  • v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
  • v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
  • v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
  • v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
  • v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
  • v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
  • n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
  • n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
  • n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
  • n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
  • n. A cairn or pile of stones.

reward

  • n. Something of value given in return for an act.
  • n. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch.
  • n. The result of an action, whether good or bad.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward.
  • v. (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
  • v. (transitive) To recompense.

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