DEIFIED

DEIFY

deify

(verb) exalt to the position of a God; “the people deified their King”

deify

(verb) consider as a god or godlike; “These young men deify financial success”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

deified

simple past tense and past participle of deify

Anagrams

• edified

Source: Wiktionary

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De"i*fied, a.

Definition: Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike.

DEIFY

De"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deified; p. pr. & vb. n. Deifying.] Etym: [F. déifier, LL. deificare, fr. L. deificus. See Deific, Deity, -fy.]

1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Cæsar was deified.

2. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money. He did again to extol and deify the pope. Bacon.

3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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