The dignifying effect of his presence.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Rudd hated the idea of dignifying the Selective Service with probing questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [1968 the Year that Rocked the World]

A university does not bring deadly microbes to campus because it is "dignifying" or "endorsing" the microbes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Geoffrey R. Stone: Ahmadinejad and Columbia's Critics] Reference

It was "dignifying" for the poor and consonant with national values, like work, self-help and opposition to welfare dependency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage] Reference

"Having said that, senator, do you think that as president, Barack Obama would be 'dignifying' Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by meeting him?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Debate Questions for Joe Biden] Reference

You think of how dignifying, how ennobling that is.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2007] Reference

Enough with dignifying them all with "conservative.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jamie Stiehm: Conservative Too Good a Word For Fox, Tea Party] Reference

It would be dignifying that to call it schizophrenia.    From Wordnik.com.  [For the Sake of Argument] Reference

You think pointing in horror and disgust is dignifying it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Santa Clarita Councilman Tells Anti-Immigrant Protesters: ‘I’m A Proud Racist’] Reference

It rolled forward and cast a dignifying light on everything.    From Wordnik.com.  [AGoodManIsHardToFindAndOtherStories]

" I'm glad he didn't waste any more time dignifying this guy.".    From Wordnik.com.  ["Obama held his tongue when asked what he thought about Ortega's speech. 'It was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought.'"] Reference

Oh, I'm glad he didn't waste any more time dignifying this guy.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Obama held his tongue when asked what he thought about Ortega's speech. 'It was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought.'"] Reference

The non-Muslims cannot value the rank of dignifying the Prophet SAWS.    From Wordnik.com.  [when was the last time denmark got this much attention?] Reference

Mostly, I wonder why you bothered dignifying the author of the quote above.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Scalzi: Egotistical Toady-Loving Asshole? « Whatever] Reference

Seems to me that dignifying ID by arguing the details misses the real point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogging the Dover Trial - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

I think it's time to stop dignifying this Disney/ABC garbage as a "docudrama".    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Clinton Breaks Silence On 9/11 Docudrama] Reference

For years the system of 'dignifying the pews,' as it was termed, was practiced.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference

Griswold had the option of simply not dignifying Lyon's ranting with a response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fracas in Congress: The Battle of Honor between Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold] Reference

The Final Destination: I don't even know why I'm dignifying this with a response.    From Wordnik.com.  [/Filmcast Ep. 65 - World’s Greatest Dad (GUEST: Anne Thompson from Indiewire) | /Film] Reference

One feels absurd even dignifying Herman's "analysis" with a substantive response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference

We will never neglect dignifying our Prophet, our beloved and our role model SAWS.    From Wordnik.com.  [when was the last time denmark got this much attention?] Reference

I think it's well past time that we all stopped dignifying this guy with responses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Clinton Leads By Seven In Pennsylvania] Reference

FALCOFF: Well, I think that you ` re dignifying it with a kind of ideological gloss.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2007] Reference

That so spectacularly fails the EEBC that it's almost below dignifying with comment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Body Armor? But You're POOR People ...] Reference

Just as talking with -- Iran is dignifying a completely beyond the pale point of view.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2008] Reference

Why are you guys dignifying this exploitative tabloid tripe by writing about it, REPEATEDLY?.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Robsessed': The film that reveals what Robert Pattinson really smells like! | EW.com] Reference

The DNC isn't helping itself by dignifying every idiotic remark from republicans with a response.    From Wordnik.com.  [First on the CNN Ticker: DNC blasts senator in new ad] Reference

I talked to the Pakistani ambassador who said he's not even dignifying these remarks with a comment.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2007] Reference

BECK: But you say I ` m dignifying, you know, this with ideology, and really it ` s just corruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2007] Reference

America might have hoped that the new President, Barack Obama, was above dignifying this kind of policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Day of Shame] Reference

Jim D the answer to your first question is of course sadaam and the rest does not need dignifying by an answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Halvorssen observed that regular global conclaves meant to promote human rights too often end up dignifying the violators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Revaluing Freedom] Reference

The Obama team seems to have adopted Kerry's notion that acknowledging and fighting back against a lie equal dignifying it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama On Britney Spot: "I Don't Pay Attention To John McCain's Ads"] Reference

We had this group called the Downtown Wine Tasting Association -- a way of dignifying people who ate and drank a lot together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zagat Goes Global] Reference

Just make McCain's attacks look like the ridiculous, desperate lies they are, without even dignifying them with a direct response.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Ad: Obama Isn't There For The Troops Unless Cameras Are Around] Reference

That is why, as we win this battle, we will be dignifying the minimum amount of work this country will have to perform in offices.    From Wordnik.com.  [CASTRO ADDRESSES STEELWORKERS IN HAVANA] Reference