Dē'i-fy, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEIFYING.] [Fr. déifier, Pr., Sp., & Pg. deificar, It. deificare, L. Lat. deificare, from Lat. deificus. See DEIFIC.]
Sense 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.
Sense 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.
Sense 3. To render godlike.
By our own spirits are we deified. Wordsworth.