deify
verb /ˈdeɪɪfaɪ/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪ/
/ˈdeɪɪfaɪ/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deify | /ˈdeɪɪfaɪ/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪ/ /ˈdeɪɪfaɪ/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it deifies | /ˈdeɪɪfaɪz/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪz/ /ˈdeɪɪfaɪz/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple deified | /ˈdeɪɪfaɪd/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪd/ /ˈdeɪɪfaɪd/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle deified | /ˈdeɪɪfaɪd/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪd/ /ˈdeɪɪfaɪd/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form deifying | /ˈdeɪɪfaɪɪŋ/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈdeɪɪfaɪɪŋ/, /ˈdiːɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- deify somebody to treat somebody as a godWord OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘make godlike in character’): from Old French deifier, from ecclesiastical Latin deificare, from deus ‘god’.