overglorify

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Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ glorify

Verb[edit]

overglorify (third-person singular simple present overglorifies, present participle overglorifying, simple past and past participle overglorified)

  1. To glorify excessively; to praise too much.
    Abraham Lincoln is often overglorified in elementary school classrooms.

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