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Definition of Deify
1. Verb. Consider as a god or godlike. "These young men deify financial success"
Specialized synonyms: Apotheose, Apotheosise, Apotheosize
Derivative terms: Deification, Deification, Deification, Deity
2. Verb. Exalt to the position of a God. "The people deified their King"
Definition of Deify
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 Cæsar was deified.
Definition of Deify
1. Verb. (transitive) To make a god of (something or someone). ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deify
1. to make a god of [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deify
Literary usage of Deify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1846)
"It did not, like Polytheism, deify warriors and statesmen—Attila, Theodosius,
Clovis, their kingdom was of this world—but it canonized martyrs and Saints, ..."
2. The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the by John Chrysostom (1842)
"Observations oil the physiology of the natural world; and against those who deify
the creation; and on the duty of not swearing. 1. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Unreadable, impossible to be read- undecipherable, indecipherable. 2. Excessive love,
extravagant fondness, excessive veneration. Idolize, va I. deify. ..."
4. An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present timeby Universal history by Universal history (1781)
"but deify him at the «quell of Antoninus, ib. Adrian's public works, zgz. Adrian,
in Britain, xvii. 96. His wall, ib. Adventures of Marius in his flight, ..."
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