dignify

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To invest with dignity or honour. transitive
    — Your worth will dignify our feast.
  2. To give distinction to. transitive
    — 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. transitive
  4. To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging. transitive
    — I will not dignify that comment with a response.

词形变化

dignifies present,singular,third-person dignifying participle,present dignified participle,past dignified past

词汇关系

衍生词
dignifiable undignify
相关词
dignification dignified dignity

词源

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