Definition of Dignifies

1. Verb. (third-person singular of dignify) ¹

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Definition of Dignifies

1. dignify [v] - See also: dignify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dignifies

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diglycerides
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diglyme
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dignifies (current term)
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digonous

Literary usage of Dignifies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"... >A *'• - and in all that adorns and dignifies human society, .4n ^y people or nat¡on ever yet • ted Sutes will make swifter progress in arts have done. ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Tro. j- Cr., Prol Yet gires he not 'till judgement guide his bounty, Nor dignifies an impair thought with breath. From the verb to immure, ..."

3. The World's Congress of Representative Women: A Historical Résumé for by May Wright Sewall (1894)
"Her influence over man Kes in this very fact. " Her well-ordered home." says one who has studied her, " dignifies and ennobles a well-ordered state. ..."

4. Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words Addressed to Those who Think by Charles Caleb Colton (1828)
"Power, like the diamond, dazzles tin: beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness ; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible it gives ..."

5. A complete and universal English dictionaryby James Barclay by James Barclay (1792)
"... a «¡ujl-rf L which dignifies and exalts oui nature ; elevation, exaltation, dignity. ... dignifies ..."

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