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
deify (third-person singular simple present deifies, present participle deifying, simple past and past participle deified)
(transitive) To make a god of (something or someone).
(transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.
• (to make a god of something): apotheosize, exalt, idealize
• edify
Source: Wiktionary
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
