What (who) is Dignify - definition
QUALITY OF A BEING DESERVING RESPECT
Human dignity; Dignities; Dignify; Dignified
![Cesare Ripa's]] Iconologia depicting the Allegory of Dignity](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ripa dignity allegory.jpg?width=200 "Cesare Ripa's]] Iconologia depicting the Allegory of Dignity")
dignify
(dignifies, dignifying, dignified)
1.
To dignify something means to make it impressive. (LITERARY)
Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster...
VERB: V n
2.
If you say that a particular reaction or description dignifies something you have a low opinion of, you mean that it makes it appear acceptable.
We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment...
VERB: V n [disapproval]
Dignify
·vt To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to Honor.
dignify
v. a.
1.
Advance, promote, exalt, ennoble, prefer to office.
2.
Honor, grace, adorn, exalt, ennoble, give lustre to, add dignity to.
Wikipedia
Dignity
Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. It is of significance in morality, ethics, law and politics as an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable rights. The term may also be used to describe personal conduct, as in "behaving with dignity".
Pronunciation examples for Dignify
1. Don't even dignify that one.
Brandiose - The Circus Business of Sports Team Branding _ Jason Klein & Casey White _ Talks at Google
2. I wouldn't dignify it. I'm on a point.
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3. I’m not gonna dignify that with an answer.
The Uninvited (2009)
4. And it's because we dignify the role of a director,
Ex Machina _ Alex Garland _ Talks at Google
5. and how sensitive you have to be to dignify and respect bodies
Dr. Hil Malatino _ Queer Embodient and the Intersex Experience _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Dignify
1. "We do not intend to dignify this with a response," the spokesman said.
2. "I can‘t dignify myself because that video footage of myself is nasty," she said.
3. We are not going to dignify it by talking about it too much.
4. McCLELLAN:В All right, next question.В Im not going to dignify that.В Go ahead, Mark.
5. Let‘s not dignify the guilty by calling their deeds crimes of passion.