Definition of "dignify"

dignify

/ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/

verb
third-person singular simple present dignifies, present participle dignifying, simple past and past participle dignified
1. (transitive) To invest with dignity or honour.
  Quotations
  Your worth will dignify our feast.
  1616, Ben Jonson, Inviting A Friend To Supper
2. (transitive) To give distinction to.
  Quotations
  Or, when more deeply moved, he would exclaim--"As noble thoughts the inward being grace,So noble whiskers dignify the face."
  1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 10
3. (transitive) To exalt in rank.
4. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.