deify

WOTD – 19 August 2007    

English

Etymology

From French déifier, from Latin deificāre, from deus (“god”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdeɪɪfaɪ/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdiː.ə.faɪ/, /ˈdeɪ.ə.faɪ/

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Verb

deify (third-person singular simple present deifies, present participle deifying, simple past and past participle deified)

1. (transitive) To make a god of (something or someone).
2. (transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.

Synonyms

• (to make a god of something): apotheosize, exalt, idealize

Related terms

• deific
• deification
• deified

Translations

to make a god of

• Bulgarian: обожествявам (bg) (obožestvjavam), боготворя (bg) (bogotvorja)
• Catalan: deïficar (ca)
• Finnish: jumaloida (fi), palvoa (fi)
• French: déifier (fr)
• German: als Gott verehren, vergöttern (de)
• Greek: θεοποιώ (el) (theopoió)
• Latin: deificō (la)

• Macedonian: боготвори (mk) (bogótvori), обожува (mk) (obóžuva)
• Malay: mendewa-dewakan (ms)
• Polish: ubóstwiać (pl)
• Russian: обожествлять (ru) (obožestvlját'), боготворить (ru) (bogotvorít')
• Serbo-Croatian: obožavati (sh)
• Spanish: deificar (es), endiosar (es)

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