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