Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: apotheose, apotheosise, apotheosize, exalt, idealise, idealize

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