| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To idolize or worship.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb deify.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (deify) | 1. Consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success".[Wordnet]. 2. Exalt to the position of a God.[Wordnet]. 3. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Caesar was deified.[Websters]. 4. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.[Websters]. 5. To render godlike.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: deifying, deified, deifies, deifier, deifiers, deifyingly and deifiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DEIFYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEIFYING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Exalting to the rank of a deity; treating as divine.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of deify. (references) | ||
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