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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/

動詞

dignify (third-person singular simple present dignifies, present participle dignifying, simple past and past participle dignified)

1. (transitive) To invest with dignity or honour.

   Synonyms: honor, illustrate; see also Thesaurus:glorify

   Antonyms: mortify, shame

   • 1616, Ben Jonson, Inviting A Friend To Supper:

     Your worth will dignify our feast.

2. (transitive) To give distinction to.

   Synonyms: adorn, grace; see also Thesaurus:decorate

   • 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 10:

     Or, when more deeply moved, he would exclaim--
     "As noble thoughts the inward being grace,
     So noble whiskers dignify the face."

3. (transitive) To exalt in rank.

   Synonyms: advance, elevate, ennoble, exalt, honor, prefer; see also Thesaurus:aggrandize

   Antonyms: demean, humiliate; see also Thesaurus:demean

4. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.

   I will not dignify that comment with a response.

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