Thesaurus: deify

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1. v. t. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Caesar was deified.
2. v. t. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.
3. v. t. To render godlike.
4. v. consider as a god or godlike
5. v. exalt to the position of a God
6. 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 to extol and deify the pope. Bacon. 3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. Wordsworth.
7. v:100 v. consider as a god or godlike v. exalt to the position of a God