De"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deified (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Deifying.]
[F. déifier, 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 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 so extol and deify the pope.
Bacon. 3. To render godlike.
By our own
spirits are we deified.
Wordsworth.
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