About The Word Deify
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Deify
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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.
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