glorify

verb

Etymology: From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glōrificō, from Latin glōria + -ficō (“to make”). By surface analysis, glory + -fy. Displaced native Middle English wuldrien (“to glorify”), from Old English wuldrian as well as Middle English stellifien (“to glorify, make stellar”), from Old French stellifier (Medieval Latin stellificāre); see stellify.

1. To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
2. To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.

   “Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.”

   “Historical dictators are glorified in some countries that are dictatorships and by some political radicals.”

3. To worship or extol.