Deified \De"i*fied\, a.
Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard;
godlike.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deify \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.
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2. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of
supreme regard; as, to deify money.
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He did again so extol and deify the pope. --Bacon.
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3. To render godlike.
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By our own spirits are we deified. --Wordsworth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deified
See deify
WordNet (r) 2.0
deify
v 1: consider as a god or god-like; "These young men deify
financial success"
2: exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their
King"
[also: deified]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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