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   deify

   /ˈdeɪɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. worship or regard as a god: "she was deified by the early Romans as a fertility goddess" Similar worshiprevereveneratereverencehold sacredpay homage toextolexaltadoreimmortalizerare:divinizeidolizeapotheosizelionizehero-worshipidealizeglorifyaggrandizeinformal:put on a pedestalOpposite demonize

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘make godlike in character’): from Old French deifier, from ecclesiastical Latin deificare, from deus ‘god’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. deification noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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