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Birds named for people proliferated in 19th century ornithology, glorifying the namers themselves or figures they favored.

For some, drones are nothing but glorified tech toys to splurge on, but many of the latest models have proved that they can be used for both small and large-scale cinematic work.

All three actors pop in for what amount to glorified cameos in F9.

From Vox

The trouble started when, in the mid-1920s, the Communist Party elevated a number of uneducated men from the proletariat into positions of authority in the scientific community, to glorify the “average man.”

After 40 years of trying, the legislature got rid of the state’s official song, “Maryland, My Maryland,” an anthem that glorifies the Confederacy.

This appears to glorify a crime,” said Cheek, “as does the apparent emphasis on their illegal and ill-fated invasion.

To treat these lovers of violent death otherwise is only to glorify them.

The wine world tends to glorify the winemaker when really it takes a team of hard-working people to tend vineyards and make wine.

The good news for those who think such movies at once glorify and trivialize gun violence is that R.I.P.D. bombed.

Another reason I think people have children is to glorify their own ego.

There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

Cooke used his literary talents to glorify the plantation type of living and the heroic, military deeds of the war itself.

Obtain for me, I beseech thee, a happy death, that I may praise and glorify thy might and kindness forever in heaven.

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On this page you'll find 137 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to glorify, such as: eulogize, exalt, extol, lionize, acclaim, and bless.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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