deify

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈdiː.ə.faɪ/ UK /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.faɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #125472

Meanings

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verb
consider as a god or godlike

These young men deify financial success.

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Word family

Forms deification

Derived forms deifierdemideifydisdeifynondeifiedredeifysemideifiedundeify

Related forms deificdeificationdeified

Simplified etymology

Deify entered English in the Middle English period and ultimately comes from Latin deus, “god.” It belongs to the same historical family as divine, which came from Latin divinus through Old French.

Etymology

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

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