glorificate

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verb

To glorify.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

verbglorificate (third-person singular simple present glorificates, present participle glorificating, simple past and past participle glorificated)

present singular third person glorificates · participle present glorificating · participle past glorificated · past glorificated

  1. nonstandardtransitivechiefly non-native speakers' EnglishTo glorify.

    There's a bit of scope between glorificating someone and arguing he's not a proto-fascist.

    1999 August 12, cris, “The Rebel (Author: Pádraic H. Pearse)”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026
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    The lyrics are some kind of violence-glorificating "let it all out"-self therapy without a single good idea behind it (I refuse to believe Jello has ANYTHING to do with it, it's real "revving the kids up" again), […]

    1996 July 19, AK-Nickel, “good dk-type bands now?”, in alt.fan.jello-biafra (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026

    What about views where he glorificated Germans as a strong and proud nation and describing Poles as "nation of slaves" or something like that ?

    2002 November 24, 666 stabwounds, “Thor's Hammer '00”, in pl.rec.muzyka.metal (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026

    This is a harsh world , between growing terror threats, a globalized economy , an education that glorificates Competition, […]

    2005 April 27, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen, “Amusing anger management stitching”, in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026

Origin

  1. Latinglōrificō
  2. Englishglorificate

Back-formation from glorification. For its use by non-native speakers, compare Occitan, Portuguese, and Spanish glorificar and Italian glorificare, from Latin glōrificō.

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APA

glorificate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glorificate

MLA

“glorificate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glorificate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glorificate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glorificate.

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