US /ˈdiː.ə.faɪ/ UK /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.faɪ/
verb Freq #125472

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    consider as a god or godlike

    These young men deify financial success.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms deification
Derived forms deifierdemideifydisdeifynondeifiedredeifysemideifiedundeify
Related forms deificdeificationdeified

Etymology

From French déifier, from Latin deificāre, from deus (“god”).

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