DEIFY (deified)

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Irregular inflected form: deified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does deify mean? 

• DEIFY (verb)
  The verb DEIFY has 2 senses:

1. consider as a god or godlike

2. exalt to the position of a God

  Familiarity information: DEIFY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they deify    ... he / she / it deifies   
Past simple: deified   
Past participle: deified   
-ing form: deifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consider as a god or godlike

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

These young men deify financial success

Hypernyms (to "deify" is one way to...):

idealise; idealize (consider or render as ideal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deify"):

apotheose; apotheosise; apotheosize (deify or glorify)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

deification (the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god))

deification (an embodiment of the qualities of a god)

deification (the condition of being treated like a god)

deity (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Exalt to the position of a God

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the people deified their King

Hypernyms (to "deify" is one way to...):

exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

deification (the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god))