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deify

de·i·fy [ d i f ] (past and past participle de·i·fied, present participle de·i·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular de·i·fies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. make divine: to make somebody into a god

2. adore: to honor or adore somebody or something as if he, she, or it were divine

[14th century. Via French déifier< ecclesiastical Latin deificare< Latin deus "god"]

de·i·fi·ca·tion [ d ifi káysh'n ] noun
de·i·fi·er noun
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