dignify

1. V-T To dignify something means to make it impressive. 使顯得尊貴[文學性]

Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster. 悲劇性文學使悲傷和災難顯得尊貴。

2. V-T If you say that a particular reaction or description dignifies something you have a low opinion of, you mean that it makes it appear acceptable. 擡高...的身價[表不滿]

We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment. 我們不會妄加評論這種猜測以擡高其身價。