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dignify

v.
US //ˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪ// UK //dˈɪɡnɪfˌaɪ// dig·ni·fy
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From Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificare, from dignus (“worthy”) + ficare (in comp.), facere (“to make”). See deign and fact.

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