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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deify \De"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deified}; p. pr & vb n. {Deifying}.] [F. d['e]ifier, 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 C[ae]sar 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 so extol and deify the pope. --Bacon. 3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. --Wordsworth.
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