deify
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
/ˈdeɪ.ɪ.faɪ/(UK)
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/ˈdeɪ.ɪ.faɪ/(UK) · /ˈdiː.ɪ.faɪ/(UK) · /ˈdiː.ə.faɪ/(US) · /ˈdeɪ.ə.faɪ/(US)
Definition of deify
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To make into a god.
“Near-synonyms: demideify, mythologize”
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verb
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(transitive)To make into a god.
“Near-synonyms: demideify, mythologize”
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(transitive)To regard as being like a deity; to treat as worthy of worship; to exalt.
““Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler,” Jones said.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French déifier, from Latin deificāre, from deus (“god”). By surface analysis, deity + -ify.
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