dignify的过去式是什么

1. confer dignity or honor upon;

   "He was dignified with a title"
   

2. raise the status of;

   "I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer"
   

1.使有尊严;使变得庄严;使变得高贵
Todignify something means to make it impressive.

e.g. Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster...
悲剧作品使悲伤和灾难得到了升华。
e.g. The gatepost was dignified by the weathered brass plate of Dr Harcourt Sibley.
在那块刻有哈考特·西布利医生姓名的久经风雨的黄铜牌映衬下，门柱更增添了几分庄重。

2.使显得堂皇;抬高…的身价;美化
If you say that a particular reaction or descriptiondignifies something you have a low opinion of, you mean that it makes it appear acceptable.

e.g. We won'tdignify this kind of speculation with a comment...
这种猜测不值得我们作任何评论。
e.g. It was a technique later dignified by the term 'info-tainment'.
那种技术后来被美其名曰“资讯娱乐”。

• No Turbots dignify my boards.

  出自：Pope

• A Royal Duke, with no campaigning medals To dignify his orders.

  出自：R. Graves