Meanings
verbindignify (third-person singular simple present indignifies, present participle indignifying, simple past and past participle indignified)
present singular third person indignifies · participle present indignifying · participle past indignified · past indignified
- transitiveTo undignify
Therefore , in closure of a thankful mind , I deem it best to hold eternally Their bounteous deeds and noble favours shrin ' d , Than by discourse them to indignify
1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinindignus“unworthy”
- Englishindignify
From Latin indignus (“unworthy”) + -fy.
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