dignify means to invest with dignity or honour.
dignify is pronounced /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/.
Etymology
From Old French dignifier, from Late Latin dignificare, from dignus (“worthy”) + ficare (in comp.), facere (“to make”). See deign and fact.
verb
- To invest with dignity or honour.“Your worth will dignify our feast.”
- To give distinction to.“Or, when more deeply moved, he would exclaim--
"As noble thoughts the inward being grace,
So noble whiskers dignify the face."”
- To exalt in rank.
- To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.“I will not dignify that comment with a response.”