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Deify

Deify Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deify? [v] exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King" [v] consider as a god or god-like; "These young men deify financial success" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deify: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deify: accord respect to \| admire \| adore \| adulate \| aggrandize \| apotheose \| apotheosize \| appreciate \| beatify \| belaud \| bepraise \| bless \| blow up \| boast of \| brag about \| canonize \| celebrate \| crown \| cry up \| defer to \| elevate \| emblazon \| ennoble \| enshrine \| entertain respect for \| enthrone \| esteem \| eulogize \| exalt \| extol \| favor \| fetish \| fetishize \| flatter \| glamorize \| glorify \| hero-worship \| hold in esteem \| hold in reverence \| honor \| idol \| idolatrize \| idolify \| idolize \| immortalize \| laud \| lionize \| look up to \| magnify \| make legendary \| make much of \| overpraise \| panegyrize \| pay tribute \| porter aux nues \| praise \| prize \| puff \| puff up \| raise \| regard \| respect \| revere \| reverence \| saint \| salute \| sanctify \| set up \| think highly of \| think much of \| think well of \| throne \| trumpet \| uplift \| value \| venerate \| worship See Also \| apotheose \| apotheosise \| apotheosize \| exalt \| idealise \| idealize Deify In Webster's Dictionary \De"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deifying}.] [F. d['e]ifier, 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 C[ae]sar 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 so extol and deify the pope. --Bacon. 3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. --Wordsworth.

Deify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deify?

[v] exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"
[v] consider as a god or god-like; "These young men deify financial success"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deify:

Deify In Webster's Dictionary

\De"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deified}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Deifying}.] [F. d['e]ifier, 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
   C[ae]sar 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 so extol and deify the pope. --Bacon.

3. To render godlike.

         By our own spirits are we deified.    --Wordsworth.

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