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De - Pt| English Dictionary: deified | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Deified \De"i*fied\, a. Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Deify \De"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deifying}.] [F. d[82]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[91]sar 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. | |
