apotheosize

To glorify; exalt.

Apotheosized (glorified) shot up our list of top Alt-Clicks thanks to Frank Rich's column in Sunday's New York Times.

"Fox's false bulletin - soon apotheosized by Jon Stewart, now immortalized on the Internet - followed the proud tradition of its sister news organization, The New York Post, which last year had the scoop on John Kerry's anointment of Dick Gephardt as his running mate."

Link: A Culture of Death, Not Life.

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verb

To raise to a high position or status: aggrandize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify, uplift. Idioms: put on a pedestal. See rise/fall.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: deify or glorify
  Synonyms: apotheosise, apotheose