English-Thai Dictionary

deify

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEIFY

v.t.[L. A god, and to make. ] 1. To make a god; to exalt to the rank of a heathen deity; to enroll among the deities; as, Julius Cesar was deified.
2. To exalt into an object of worship; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as a covetous man deifies his treasures.
3. To exalt to a deity in estimation; to reverence or praise as a deity.
The pope was formerly extolled and deified by his votaries.

 

DEIFYING

ppr. Exalting to the rank of a deity; treating as divine.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEIFY

De "i *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deified; p. pr. & vb. n. Deifying. ]Etym: [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 to extol and deify the pope. Bacon.

 

3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. Wordsworth.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deify

de i fy |ˈdēəˌfī ˈdiəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( deifies, deifying, deified ) [ with obj. ] (usu. be deified ) worship, regard, or treat (someone or something ) as a god: she was deified by the early Romans as a fertility goddess. DERIVATIVES de i fi ca tion |ˌdēəfiˈkāSHən |noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘make godlike in character ’): from Old French deifier, from ecclesiastical Latin deificare, from deus ‘god. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

deify

deify |ˈdeɪɪfʌɪ, ˈdiːɪ -| ▶verb ( deifies, deifying, deified ) [ with obj. ] worship or regard as a god: she was deified by the early Romans as a fertility goddess. DERIVATIVES deification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘make godlike in character ’): from Old French deifier, from ecclesiastical Latin deificare, from deus ‘god ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deify

deify verb 1 she was deified by the early Romans: worship, revere, venerate, reverence, hold sacred; immortalize. 2 he was deified by the press: idolize, lionize, extol, hero-worship; idealize, glorify, aggrandize, put on a pedestal. ANTONYMS demonize.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deify

deify verb 1 she was deified by the early Romans as a fertility goddess: worship, revere, venerate, reverence, hold sacred, pay homage to, extol, exalt, adore; immortalize; rare divinize. 2 he was deified by his colleagues and the press: idolize, apotheosize, lionize, hero-worship; idealize, glorify, aggrandize; informal put on a pedestal. ANTONYMS demonize.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deify

de i fy /déɪɪfàɪ, dí (ː )-/動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 1 …を神にする ; 神としてあがめる, 神格化する .2 …を非常に重要なものと考える, 神聖視する .