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  • 91glorify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exalt, magnify, revere; exaggerate; praise, honor; transform; flatter. See repute, exaggeration, approbation.Ant., denigrate. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To praise] Syn. laud, commend, extol, acclaim; see… …

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  • 92magnify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. enlarge, augment; laud, glorify. See increase, approbation, exaggeration. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To enlarge] Syn. amplify, blow up, expand; see increase 1 . 2. [To exaggerate] Syn. overstate,… …

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  • 93uplift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. elevation; improvement, refinement, inspiration. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Social service] Syn. slum clearance, settlement work, rehabilitation, social guidance, slum improvement, social planning, social …

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  • 94canonize — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. saint, sanctify, beatify, glorify, deify, apotheosize, idolize, idolatrize, consecrate, enshrine, sanction, dedicate, make canonical, put on a pedestal*; see also bless 3 , love 1 , worship 2 …

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  • 95elevate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To lift bodily] Syn. hoist, heave, tilt, levitate; see raise 1 . 2. [To promote] Syn. advance, upgrade, further; see promote 1 . 3. [To exalt] Syn. glorify, extol, dignify; see praise 1 . See Synonym Study at lift . II… …

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  • 96apotheosise — (Brit.) v. idolize, worship, deify, raise to the level of a deity, glorify (also apotheosize) …

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  • 97apotheosised — apotheosise (Brit.) v. idolize, worship, deify, raise to the level of a deity, glorify (also apotheosize) …

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  • 98apotheosises — apotheosise (Brit.) v. idolize, worship, deify, raise to the level of a deity, glorify (also apotheosize) …

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  • 99apotheosising — apotheosise (Brit.) v. idolize, worship, deify, raise to the level of a deity, glorify (also apotheosize) …

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  • 100Kerouac, Jack — (1922–1969)    Architect and cofounder of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac was the innovator of Beat literature’s distinctive poetics. His legacy of associational composition techniques and hybrid forms African American styles of culture,… …

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