dignify

verb
/ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/UK

Etymology

From Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificare, from dignus (“worthy”) + ficare (in comp.), facere (“to make”). See deign and fact.

  1. derived from dignifier

Definitions

  1. To invest with dignity or honour.

    • Your worth will dignify our feast.
  2. To give distinction to.

    • Or, when more deeply moved, he would exclaim-- "As noble thoughts the inward being grace, So noble whiskers dignify the face."
  3. To exalt in rank.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To treat as worthy or acceptable

      To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.

      • I will not dignify that comment with a response.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dignify. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01dignify02honour03honor04noble05eminence06eminent07distinguished08dignified

A definitional loop anchored at dignify. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at dignify

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA