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deifyde‧i‧fy /ˈdiːəfaɪ, ˈdeɪ-/ verb (past tense and past participle deified, present participle deifying) [transitive] deifyOrigin: 1300-1400 French déifier, from Latin deus ‘god’ VERB TABLEdeify |
Present | I, you, we, they | deify | | he, she, it | deifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | deified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have deified | | he, she, it | has deified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had deified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will deify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have deified |
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Present | I | am deifying | | he, she, it | is deifying | | you, we, they | are deifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was deifying | | you, we, they | were deifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been deifying | | he, she, it | has been deifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been deifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be deifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been deifying |
- Again we have seen only too clearly in some other countries what can happen if you personify and almost deify the State.
- But Albert Einstein has been deified by the scientific community and society at large.
- But because both systems deify one aspect of reality they produce problems which are insoluble within their own terms of reference.
- He was deified in the Middle Kingdom and a shrine for his cult was build on Elephantine Island.
- If they ruled well, emperors were deified - consigned to the place where the gods lived.
- It would not do to deify a rebel against Rome.
- Nothing could have been more natural than to deify this powerful and benevolent force.
- There was already by now a political and religious system, whose primitive beliefs deified the various forces of nature.
to treat someone or something with extreme respect and admiration—deification /ˌdiːəfəˈkeɪʃən, ˌdeɪ-/ noun [uncountable] |