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What is the verb for glory?

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glorify
  1. (transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
  2. (transitive) To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.
  3. (transitive) To worship or extol.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “A text purporting to describe a battle may have been composed to glorify the victor or excuse the loser.”
      “There is no evidence that Maecenas expected his poets to glorify his achievements, limited as they were.”
      “While party supporters of this type tend to glorify their leader, they also tend to reject their political rivals in personal terms.”
glory
  1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
  2. To boast; to be proud.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Yet I'm feeling sad for all those who cannot glory in the beauty of Spring because their hearts are filled with despair.”
      “He wants to let Ctesippus publicly win the argument, glory in his victory, and so overcome his antagonism to the sophists.”
glories
glorified
glorifies
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify
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    1. “In Britain, the show has been ballyhooed by the political caste, which isn't surprising, since it glorifies their trade.”
      “The historical quaintness described at each river-side town the men pass glorifies the grandeur of a long lost Britain.”
      “The essential point, in my estimation, is to recall we live in a society that glorifies and worships the famous.”
glorifieth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify
glorieth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of glory
glorifiest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of glorify
gloriest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of glory
gloried
  1. simple past tense and past participle of glory
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The lyrics gloried in sometimes using the original phrases in a hilariously new context, or mischievously punning on them.”
      “There was always part of him that gloried in his reputation as a lady-killer, the sinful, depraved Don Juan.”
      “No ocean racing school other than the Mini can count as many gloried old hands now involved in other prestigious races.”
glorifying
  1. present participle of glorify
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    1. “Invoking and glorifying Him, praising and thanking Him and kneeling and prostrating before Him are the practical manifestations of worship.”
      “He said that they got lots of complaints that they were papering over his faults and mistakes and glorifying his presidency.”
      “Even Jane Austen contributed to militarization by glorifying being a naval captain's wife in Persuasion.”
glorying
  1. present participle of glory
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He is the ultimate rage freak, glorying in the heat of his negative reviews while rarely deigning to actually consider the positive.”
      “Black-eyed and skeletal, she seemed to be almost glorying in her predicament.”
      “It will leave you celebrating our national character and glorying in the beauty and oddness of the human spirit.”
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