# glorify

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/ · frequency rank #27,163

## Definitions
1. To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
2. To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.
3. To worship or extol.

## Etymology
From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glorificō, from Latin gloria + faciō (“to make”). Displaced native Middle English wuldrien (“to glorify”), from Old English wuldrian as well as Middle English stellifien (“to glorify, make stellar”), from Old French stellifier (Medieval Latin stellificāre); see stellify.

## Easily confused with
- **glory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glorify-vs-glory)
- **gloria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloria-vs-glorify)
- **glories** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glories-vs-glorify)

## Common misspellings (11)
`gglorify`, `gllorify`, `gloirfy`, `glorfiy`, `gloriffy`, `glorifyy`, `gloriyf`, `glorrify`, `glroify`, `golrify`, `lgorify`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glorify