deify

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  1. transitive verb To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god.
  2. transitive verb To worship or revere as a god: deify a leader.
  3. transitive verb To idealize; exalt: deifying success.

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  • The only "god" those Obama voters deify is the Magic negro himself, the One, the —  Latest Articles
  • Campaigning for her mother Sonia, Priyanka Gandhi advised people not to deify politicians and vote strictly on the issue of development. —  Latest News Online - Express Indian
  • Delusional thinking is encouraged in signs, posters, banners, and statues that propagandize or deify a cause, leader, or martyr. —  Brain Blogger
  • At times, Lovelock seems to deify the planet; it existed before us, will exist after us, and won't have any qualms about chewing us up and spitting us out if we don't start behaving ourselves.
  • Yet any implication of political maneuvering within the royal circle is incendiary in a nation where many practically deify the throne. —  FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand
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  1. Middle English deifien, from Old French deifier, from Late Latin deificāre, from deificus, deific; see deific.

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  1. from Middle English deifien, from Old French deifier, French déifier—Spanish Portuguese deificar = Italian deificare, from Late Latin deificare, deify, from Latin deus, a god, + -ficare, from facere, make.
 

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