Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of glory
adjectivegloried (comparative more gloried, superlative most gloried)
comparative more gloried · superlative most gloried
- illustrious, honourable
[...] [I]f old reſpect, As I ſuppoſe, towards your once gloried friend, My Son now Captive, hither hath inform'd your younger feet, [...]
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 26–27, lines 334–337
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