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Deify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god.

v. To worship or revere as a god: deify a leader.

v. To idealize; exalt: deifying success.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To make a god of (something or someone).

v. To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize.

v. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard.

v. To render godlike.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; enroll among the gods.

To regard as an object of worship; adore or worship as a deity.

To make godlike; exalt spiritually.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. consider as a god or godlike

v. exalt to the position of a God

Word Usage

"The story that accompanied the cover shoot did not "deify" the Palins or their choices, nor did it push any sort of policy."

Verb Form

deified deifies deifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

exalt

Variant

deified

Form

deified deifying

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

apotheosize worship idealize exalt