From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdignifydig‧ni‧fy /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/ verb (dignified, dignifying, dignifies) [transitive] IMPORTANTto make something or someone seem better or more important than they really are, especially by using a particular word to describe themdignify somebody/something with something I cannot dignify him with the name ‘physician’.→ See Verb table
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dignify• Slice was perched along the sides of a cleft in the mountains that couldn't be dignified by the name of valley.• A huge portrait of the couple dignified the living room wall.dignify somebody/something with something• I'm not even going to dignify that last comment with a response.Origin dignify (1400-1500) Old French dignifier, from Latin dignus “deserving admiration” 