| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·i·fy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d   -f  , d - |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: dei·fied, dei·fy·ing, dei·fies
1. To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god. 2. To worship or revere as a god: deify a leader. 3. To idealize; exalt: deifying success. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English deifien, from Old French deifier, from Late Latin deificre, from deificus, deific. See deific. | | OTHER FORMS: | dei·fier —NOUN
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