Deify /(?)/

De·i·fy

Deify

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.
  3. To render godlike.
    By our own spirits are we deified.