to praise and honour God or a person

There are 99 prayer beads - one for each way Allah can be glorified in the Koran. 有99颗念珠，每一颗都代表着真主的一大功德，每种功德都在《可兰经》中留下了浓墨重彩的一笔。

A statue was erected to glorify the country's national heroes. 树起了一座雕像来颂扬该国的民族英雄。

to describe or represent something in a way that makes it seem better or more important than it really is

I didn't like the way the film glorified war/violence. 我不喜欢那部电影美化战争／暴力的手法。

informal The limousine was really just a glorified taxi. 那部加长礼车不过是辆美化了的出租车而已。