English dictionary

deify

/'d/i//@/,f/aI/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

consider as a god or godlike

verb.cognition

Examples
These young men deify financial success.

Source: WordNet 3.0
exalt to the position of a God

verb.change

Source: WordNet 3.0
To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Cæsar was <i>deified</i>.

verb

Source: webster1913