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deify

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪɪfʌɪ, ˈdiːɪ-/
Definition of deify

verb (deifies, deifying, deified)

[with object]
  • worship or regard as a god:she was deified by the early Romans as a fertility goddess

Derivatives

deification

Pronunciation: /-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'

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