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De·i·fied a. Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike.
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De·i·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deified p. pr. & vb. n. Deifying.]
1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Cæsar was deified.
2. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.
He did again so extol and deify the pope. --Bacon.
3. To render godlike.
By our own spirits are we deified. --Wordsworth.
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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]