Deify
Pronunciation : De"i*fy
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. d?ifier, LL. deificare, fr. L. deificus. See Deific, Deity, -fy.]
Definition : 1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius C?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 to extol and deify the pope. Bacon.
3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. Wordsworth.
t. [imp. & p. p. Deified; p. pr. & vb. n. Deifying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913