deify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deify v consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success" exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deify \De"ify\, 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.