Associations to the word «Deify»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

DEIFY, verb. Consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success".
DEIFY, verb. Exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope