dignify
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 增威严，使高贵，故作显贵
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←古法语 dignifier
词源说明
From Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificare, from dignus (“worthy”) + ficare (in comp.), facere (“to make”). See deign and fact.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To invest with dignity or honour.
- (transitive) To give distinction to.
- (transitive) To exalt in rank.
- (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge