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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
Etymology
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• (to make a god of something): apotheosize, exalt, idealize
Anagrams
• 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
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