Definitions for dignifies

dignifies dig·ni·fy

Spelling: [dig-nuh-fahy]
IPA: /ˈdɪg nəˌfaɪ/

Dignifies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in dignifies (defgiiins).

Definitions for dignifies

verb (used with object)

  1. to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
  2. to give a high-sounding title or name to; confer unmerited distinction upon:

Origin of dignifies

1375-1425; late Middle English dignifien Old French dignefier Medieval Latin dignificāre, equivalent to Latin dign(us) worthy + -ificāre -ify

Examples for dignifies

Nothing could dignify Pradon's play, as nothing could really degrade that of Racine.

To elevate and dignify her is to elevate and dignify the world.

On the other hand, many people believe it is important to dignify official government business with a prayer.

And yet that is precisely what you dignify with the name of compensation.

I can recollect no process which I should now dignify with the term of thought.

Will it vindicate your memory, uphold your fame, and dignify your motives?

To call it a room was to dignify it by a title to which it could lay no real claim.

One bit of woodland, however, was beginning to dignify the valley.

What we dignify by the name of reason is just as often a mere prompting of instinct.

I 'm not even going to dignify this letter by replying to it.

Word Value for dignifies
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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