資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Deified \De"i*fied\, a.
Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard;
godlike.
Deify \De"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deified}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Deifying}.] [F. d['e]ifier, LL. deificare, fr. L. deificus.
See {Deific}, {Deity}, {-fy}.]
1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to
enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius
C[ae]sar 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. --Bacon.
3. To render godlike.
By our own spirits are we deified. --Wordsworth.
資料來源 : WordNet®
deified
See {deify}
deify
v 1: consider as a god or god-like; "These young men deify
financial success"
2: exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their
King"
[also: {deified}]