deify

tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

1. To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god.
2. To worship or revere as a god: deify a leader.
3. To idealize; exalt: deifying success.

[Middle English deifien, from Old French deifier, from Late Latin deificāre, from deificus, deific. See deific.]

deifier de'i·fi'er n.

v

Definition: elevate, glorify
Antonyms: degrade, dishonor, lower

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IN BRIEF: To regard or worship as a god.

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality. — Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918).

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: consider as a god or god-like

Meaning #2: exalt to the position of a God

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre til gud, dyrke som gud

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergoddelijken

Français (French)
v. tr. - diviniser

Deutsch (German)
v. - vergöttern, zum Gott machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θεοποιώ, αποθεώνω

Italiano (Italian)
divinizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - endeusar

Русский (Russian)
обожествлять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - deificar, divinizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avguda, dyrka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
奉为神, 敬如神, 祀为神

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 奉為神, 敬如神, 祀為神

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 신으로 모시다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 神として祭る, 神のように扱う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعل شئ أو شخص إله, يؤله, يعبد شئ أو شخص كإله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סגד ל-, האליה‬

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