Meaning of "deify" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEIFY

From Old French deifier, from Late Latin deificāre, from Latin deus god + facere to make.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DEIFY

ˈdiːɪˌfaɪ

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEIFY

Deify is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb deify in English.

WHAT DOES DEIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Apotheosis

Apotheosis is the glorification of a subject to divine level. The term has meanings in theology, where it refers to a belief, and in art, where it refers to a genre. In theology, the term apotheosis refers to the idea that an individual has been raised to godlike stature. In art, the term refers to the treatment of any subject in a particularly grand or exalted manner.

Definition of deify in the English dictionary

The first definition of deify in the dictionary is to exalt to the position of a god or personify as a god. Other definition of deify is to accord divine honour or worship to. Deify is also to exalt in an extreme way; idealize.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEIFY

PRESENT

Present

I deify

you deify

he/she/it deifies

we deify

you deify

they deify

Present continuous

I am deifying

you are deifying

he/she/it is deifying

we are deifying

you are deifying

they are deifying

Present perfect

I have deified

you have deified

he/she/it has deified

we have deified

you have deified

they have deified

Present perfect continuous

I have been deifying

you have been deifying

he/she/it has been deifying

we have been deifying

you have been deifying

they have been deifying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I deified

you deified

he/she/it deified

we deified

you deified

they deified

Past continuous

I was deifying

you were deifying

he/she/it was deifying

we were deifying

you were deifying

they were deifying

Past perfect

I had deified

you had deified

he/she/it had deified

we had deified

you had deified

they had deified

Past perfect continuous

I had been deifying

you had been deifying

he/she/it had been deifying

we had been deifying

you had been deifying

they had been deifying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will deify

you will deify

he/she/it will deify

we will deify

you will deify

they will deify

Future continuous

I will be deifying

you will be deifying

he/she/it will be deifying

we will be deifying

you will be deifying

they will be deifying

Future perfect

I will have deified

you will have deified

he/she/it will have deified

we will have deified

you will have deified

they will have deified

Future perfect continuous

I will have been deifying

you will have been deifying

he/she/it will have been deifying

we will have been deifying

you will have been deifying

they will have been deifying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would deify

you would deify

he/she/it would deify

we would deify

you would deify

they would deify

Conditional continuous

I would be deifying

you would be deifying

he/she/it would be deifying

we would be deifying

you would be deifying

they would be deifying

Conditional perfect

I would have deify

you would have deify

he/she/it would have deify

we would have deify

you would have deify

they would have deify

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been deifying

you would have been deifying

he/she/it would have been deifying

we would have been deifying

you would have been deifying

they would have been deifying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you deify
we let´s deify
you deify

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to deify

Past participle

deified

Present Participle

deifying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DEIFY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deify» and belong to the same grammatical category.

adore · adulate · apotheosize · elevate · enthrone · exalt · extol · glorify · honour · idealize · idolize · immortalize · respect · revere · venerate · worship

TRANSLATION OF DEIFY

Find out the translation of deify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of deify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deify» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 神化
• Translator English - Spanish: deificar
• English: deify
• Translator English - Hindi: पूजा करना
• Translator English - Arabic: تأليه
• Translator English - Russian: обожествлять
• Translator English - Portuguese: deificar
• Translator English - Bengali: দেবতুল্য করা
• Translator English - French: déifier
• Translator English - Malay: Deify
• Translator English - German: vergöttern
• Translator English - Japanese: 神格化する
• Translator English - Korean: deify
• Translator English - Javanese: Deify
• Translator English - Vietnamese: phong thần
• Translator English - Tamil: தெய்வமாக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: देवदेवता
• Translator English - Turkish: tanrılaştırmak
• Translator English - Italian: divinizzare
• Translator English - Polish: ubóstwiać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: обожнювати
• Translator English - Romanian: diviniza
• Translator English - Greek: θεοποιούν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vergoddelik
• Translator English - Swedish: upphöja
• Translator English - Norwegian: deify

2 QUOTES WITH «DEIFY»

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Mariella Frostrup

When a father of a daughter dies, you elevate them. And you sort of deify them.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

There's no royalty in America, so people deify actors.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEIFY»

Discover the use of deify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

God Became Man to Deify Man and Heaven United Itself with ...

THIS 15 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Cloud Upon the Sanctuary, by Karl Von Eckartshausen. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564591263.

Karl Von Eckartshausen, 2010

The Libyan Anarchy: Inscriptions from Egypt's Third ...

(41) to wit: Amon-re, King of the Gods, the very great god since the beginning of creation, has dispatched his very great and noble oracle (42) to deify neskhons, the daughter of tahenuttheuty, in the West, and to deify her in the necropolis.

‎2009

Sermons During the Season from Advent to Whitsuntide

380, Oxf. Tr. “ If Hebe not an Object of worship, how doth He Deify me through Baptism? If He be an Object ofworship, how is He not to be adored? If to be adored, how not God? One hangeth from the other, in a golden truly, and saving, chain.

Edward Bouverie Pusey, 1848

Student Vocabulary Companion

20 LESSON TWENTY Deification Deify Deigratia Deism Word List Deity Divination Divine Divinity Definitions Deification (deeuhfuhkayshuhn) 1. The condition of being treated like a god. 2. An embodiment of the qualities of a god.

Okyere Bonna, 2009

Analytical and Experimental Analysis of Long Wavelength ...

The research goals of this project are to understand the fundamental mechanics of the long wavelength waviness in wire-sawed silicon wafers.

Deify Law, 2005

The Complete Cicero Anthology: "On Friendship", "On Old ...

If these are Deities,which weworship andregard as such, whyarenotSerapisandIsis placedinthe samerank? Andif theyare admitted,what reason have weto reject the Gods ofthebarbarians?Thus we should deify oxen, horses,the ibis,hawks, ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero, 2012

The Sterling Book Of Word Perfect

Defy/Deify. Defy : to challenge. He is bent upon defying the authorities. Deify : to make a god of, to worship as a deity. People in this country deify their cricket heroes. Delicious/Delightful/Delicate. Delicious refers to the pleasures of the senses ...

Gratian Vas, 1999

Vocabulary Dictionary and Workbook: 2,856 Words You Must Know

deify (DĒ-ә-fī) vb. To deify someone is to elevate him to the level of a god. After winning the Oscar for Best Actor, he was suddenly deified by his former critics. deign (dān) vb. To deign (to do something) is to agree to lower yourself from your  ...

Mark Phillips, 2006

A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English: ...

Deify V, -v. a. (dais) To requcfl, to delire; to in- tre.it, to (upplicite, or to petition. Deifyvawl, a. (deifyv) Suppliant, befeeching. Deii'yvcdig, a. (deify?) Thit is rcqucllcd; aflced. Deifyvedigaeth, j. m. — fl. t. au (deifyvedig) The ail of requefting,  ...

William Owen Pughe, 1803

Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt

Amonrasonther has issued his great, august oracle in order to deify Neskhons in the West. § 2. I shall deify Neskhons in the West; I shall deify her in the realm of the dead. I shall command that she receive water in the West; I shall decree that ...

Jan Assmann, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEIFY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deify is used in the context of the following news items.

Culture The Exhibitionist Books and Literature, Guilty Pleasures, Talks

Chambers said. “Why do we deify anybody who manages to get our attention for half an hour? Jared's biggest accomplishment involved being ... «SF Weekly, Jul 15»

RSS up in arms over drive to raze temples on metro route

A BJP worker-turned-priest Hemant Bohra had in 2008 planned to build a temple and deify Raje as goddess Kalyani at Keru village, 10 km ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird …

... since by the most jingoistic elements of the American right, precisely the same people who fetishize and deify the glorious Founding Fathers. «Salon, Jul 15»

Offensive Woes Continue Despite Srong Start from Hammel; Marlins …

I think that to some degree, its somewhat degrading to the current broadcasters to continually deify someone who has been gone for seventeen ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»

A bio-pic on Sanjay Gandhi? It's a great idea but good luck making it …

We tend to deify or demonize our public figures and refuse to countenance a contrary view or even a nuanced one. Branches of families can ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»

In “Advantageous,” society has failed women in a big way

Every day, we make a choice to deify youth. We watch those L'Oreal commercials without thinking twice about them, even though if we did, ... «Grist, Jul 15»

artist scrubbed out of history

“I'm not trying to deify him, he's not in that league, but he is one of our greatest colonial artists. “Have I become passionate about Gill? Yes. «The Australian, Jul 15»

Albert Vs. Jean-Paul: Why Camus Was Not an Existentialist

He compared it to "philosophical suicide" - causing followers to "deify what crushes them," in effect turning negation into a religion. Camus in ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Frontline Civilians: It's Time We Honor All Who Serve

But, to get there, we need to ensure that we don't continue to deify the military veteran at the expense of her civilian brother. In the Army we ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

A Bull and the Fallen Rider

... adept in genuflecting at presidential courts and power centres for selfish gain, and who have tended to dangerously deify him by over trusting ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»