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dig·ni·fy    Audio Help   [dig-nuh-fahy] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
1.to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
2.to give a high-sounding title or name to; confer unmerited distinction upon: to dignify pedantry by calling it scholarship.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME dignifien < OF dignefier < ML dignificāre, equiv. to L dign(us) worthy + -ificāre -ify]
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