VERB
使显得堂皇;抬高…的身价;美化
If you say that a particular reaction or description dignifies something you have a low opinion of, you mean that it makes it appear acceptable.
例句
We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment...
这种猜测不值得我们作任何评论。
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”。