gloried

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of glory.

   The victorious army gloried in its conquest for weeks afterward.

   She had long gloried in her family's proud history.

   Note

   The spelling follows the usual change of y to i before -ed: glory, gloried, just as carry becomes carried. Every meaning of the verb takes no object. These are rejoicing, boasting, and the archaic, poetic sense of shining radiantly. As a result, the participle appears after have (they had gloried) rather than in passives. The same spelling also serves the Miltonic adjective "illustrious", which describes instead of narrating.

2. 2
   adjective

   Illustrious and honorable; marked by great fame and distinction.

   The monument honored the gloried dead of the long war.

   Her ancestors belonged to a gloried lineage of statesmen and scholars.

   Similarillustrious, honored, renowned, celebrated, distinguished

   Oppositeobscure

   Note

   A participle turned adjective, describing one on whom glory has been conferred. Milton's Samson Agonistes (1671) speaks of "your once gloried friend, My Son now Captive". There, "once" places the honor in the past, and the captivity makes the fall felt. It compares with more and most (the most gloried name) rather than with -er, as participial adjectives usually do.

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