4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Deified \De"i*fied\, a. Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: deified See {deify} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}]
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