unglorify

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ glorify

Verb[edit]

unglorify (third-person singular simple present unglorifies, present participle unglorifying, simple past and past participle unglorified)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of glory.
    • 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: [], London: [] James Brackstone, [], →OCLC, paragraph:
      Forbid it , O my God , that ever I should be so unhappy as to unglorify my Father , my Saviour , or my Sanctifier

References[edit]

unglorify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.