deify – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
deify
v.
idolize, worship, glorify, venerate, raise to the level of a deity
Apotheosis
Apotheosis (from
Greek ἀποθέωσις from ἀποθεοῦν,
apotheoun "to deify"; in Latin
deificatio "making divine"; also called
divinization and
deification) is the glorification of a subject to
divine level. The term has meanings in
theology, where it refers to a
belief, and in
art, where it refers to a
genre.
deify
Verb
1. consider as a god or god-like; "These young men deify financial success"
(hypernym) idealize, idealise
(hyponym) apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose
(derivation) deification
2. exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"
(hypernym) exalt
(derivation) deification, exaltation, apotheosis
Deify
(v. t.)
To render godlike.
(v. t.)
To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.
(v. t.)
To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Caesar was deified.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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