verb (dignifies, dignifying, dignified) [VN] (formal)
1 to make sb/sth seem impressive:
The mayor was there to dignify the celebrations.
2 to make sth appear important when it is not really:
I'm not going to dignify his comments by reacting to them.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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