To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

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.

Latin gloria facere, to make glory -- to make glorious or give glory to; worship, exalt, honor, or praise extravagantly.

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"..

cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"