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deify

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de⋅i⋅fy

  [dee-uh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
2. to adore or regard as a deity: to deify wealth.
Origin:
1300–50; ME deifien < OF deifier < LL deificāre. See deification, -ify

Related forms:
de⋅i⋅fi⋅er, noun
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de·i·fy   (dē'ə-fī', dā'-)   
tr.v.   dei·fied, dei·fy·ing, dei·fies

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

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

  3. To idealize; exalt: deifying success.


[Middle English deifien, from Old French deifier, from Late Latin deificāre, from deificus, deific; see deific.]
de'i·fi'er n.
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Word Origin & History

deify 
c.1340, from O.Fr. deifier, from L.L. deificare, from deificus "making godlike," from L. deus "god" + facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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