De·i·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deified p. pr. & vb. n. Deifying.]
 1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Cæsar was deified.
 2. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.
    He did again so extol and deify the pope.   --Bacon.
 3. To render godlike.
    By our own spirits are we deified.   --Wordsworth.
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