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Dignify Participle Dig‧Ni‧Fy ˈdɪɡnəfaɪ ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ Verb Past Tense

Front dignify
Back dig‧ni‧fy /ˈdɪɡnəfaɪ, ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle dignified, present participle dignifying, third person singular dignifies) [transitive]
to make something or someone seem better or more important than they really are, especially by using a particular word to describe them
dignify somebody/something with something
I cannot dignify him with the name ‘physician’.

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