Deify

['deɪɪfaɪ;'diːɪ-] or ['deɪfaɪ]

Definition

(verb.) exalt to the position of a God; 'the people deified their King'.

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

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Definition

(v. t.) To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Caesar was deified.

(v. t.) To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.

(v. t.) To render godlike.

Edited by Jeremy

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Idolize, make a god of, raise to the rank of a deity.

Checker: Raymond

Definition

v.t. to exalt to the rank of a god: to worship as a deity: to make god-like:—pr.p. dē′ifying; pa.p. dē′ified.—adjs.—Deif′ic -al making god-like or divine.—n. Deificā′tion the act of deifying: a deified embodiment.—adj. Dē′iform god-like in form or character.

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