DEIFY (deified)

Pronunciation (US):

• DEIFY (verb)
  The verb DEIFY has 2 senses:

1. consider as a god or godlike
2. exalt to the position of a God

  Familiarity information: DEIFY used as a verb is rare.

• DEIFY (verb)

Meaning:

Consider as a god or godlike

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

These young men deify financial success

Hypernyms (to "deify" is one way to...):

idealise; idealize (consider or render as ideal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deify"):

apotheose; apotheosise; apotheosize (deify or glorify)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Exalt to the position of a God

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

the people deified their King

Hypernyms (to "deify" is one way to...):

exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody