Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Glorify

Glorify , transitive verb

[French glorifier, Latin glorificare; gloria glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]

1.
To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.
Jesus was not yet glorified. — John vii. 39
2.
To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to acknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.
That we for thee may glorify the Lord. — Shakespeare
3.
To make (something or someone) appear to be more important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be thought; as, to glorify every routine job by giving its performer the title “engineer”..