deify
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (2)
- consider as a god or godlike“These young men deify financial success”
- exalt to the position of a God“the people deified their King”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
2.To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money. [1913 Webster]
He did again so extol and deify the pope.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
3.To render godlike. [1913 Webster]
By our own spirits are we deified.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]