To Dignify

1. (transitive) To invest with dignity or honour.
2. (transitive) To give distinction to.
3. (transitive) To exalt in rank.
4. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To treat as worthy or acceptable; to indulge or condone by acknowledging.

exalt

elevate

prefer

advance

honor

illustrate

adorn

ennoble

demean

humiliate

mortify

shame