Deifying

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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.


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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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