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heroify, v.|hɪˈrəʊɪfaɪ|
[f. L. hērō-em hero + -fy: cf. deify.]
To make a hero of; to exalt to the position of a hero. Hence heroified ppl. a.
1812L. Hunt in Examiner 14 Sept. 577/1 Lord Wellington was heroified in a similar manner. 1846Grote Greece (1854) I. 552 Representing both gods and heroes as having been mere earthborn men..deified or heroified after death as a recompense for services or striking exploits. 1882Waldstein Pythag. Rhegion 13 That [statue] of a heroified pugilist, Euthymos. |