VULGARIZES Antonyms

• confer dignity or honor upon

• raise the status of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• raise from a lower to a higher position

• raise in rank or condition

• add details to

• be beautiful to look at

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• make more beautiful

• confer dignity or honor upon

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• make better or improve in quality

• make wealthy or richer

• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

• make pure or free from sin or guilt

• become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying

• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

• give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

• purify from the corrupting influences of the world

• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

• a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts

• fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

• lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces

• lift up or elevate

• confer dignity or honor upon

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility