to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.

to honor with praise, admiration, or worship; extol.

to make glorious; invest with glory.

to praise the glory of (God), esp. as an act of worship.

verb

castigate , condemn , criticize , debase , degrade , humiliate , lower , mock , shame

verb

acclaim , bless , boost , build up , celebrate , commend , cry up , eulogize , exalt , extol , hike , honor , hymn , laud , lionize , magnify , panegyrize , put on a pedestal , put up , sing the praises of , adorn , aggrandize , apotheosize , augment , beatify , canonize , deify , dignify , distinguish , elevate , enhance , ennoble , enshrine , erect , halo * , illuminate , immortalize , lift up , pay homage to , raise , revere , sanctify , transfigure , uprear , venerate , worship , uplift , hail , praise