indignify
To undignify
Verb
- To undignify
- Therefore , in closure of a thankful mind , I deem it best to hold eternally Their bounteous deeds and noble favours shrin ' d , Than by discourse them to indignify - 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin...
Origin
From Latin indignus (“unworthy”) + -fy.