deify
dee uh fahy
- v consider as a god or godlike
These young men deify financial success - v exalt to the position of a God
- If the boys were natural-born fighters, it was clearly in the interests of their band to deify them.
- Watson's account, depicting researchers as competitive and spiteful as human helped de-deify scientists and bring cynicism to science writing.
- Yet any implication of political maneuvering within the royal circle is incendiary in a nation where many practically deify the throne.