deify
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əˌfaɪ Origin:
1300–50; Middle English deifien < Old French deifier < Late Latin deificāre. See deification, -ify
1300–50; Middle English deifien < Old French deifier < Late Latin deificāre. See deification, -ify
Related forms
de·i·fi·er, noun
half-de·i·fied, adjective
hy·per·de·i·fy, verb (used with object), hy·per·de·i·fied, hy·per·de·i·fy·ing.
self-de·i·fy·ing, adjective
un·de·i·fied, adjective
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | to exalt to the position of a god or personify as a god |
| 2. | to accord divine honour or worship to |
| 3. | to exalt in an extreme way; idealize |
| [C14: from Old French deifier, from Late Latin deificāre, from Latin deus god + facere to make] | |
| 'deifier | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
deify
mid-14c., from O.Fr. deifier, from L.L. deificare, from deificus "making godlike," from L. deus "god" (see Zeus) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
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Example sentences
It is inexcusable in honest people to deify mere success without regard to the qualities by which that success is achieved.
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