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Definition of Dignifies
1. dignify [v] - See also: dignify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dignifies
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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