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单词 deify
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deifyv.

/ˈdiːɪfʌɪ/
Etymology: < French déifier (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin deificāre (Augustine and Cassiodorus), < deus god + -ficāre : see -fy suffix.
a. transitive. To make a god of; to exalt to the position of a deity; to enroll among the gods of the nation or tribe.
ΚΠ
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 165 Juno, Neptunus, Pluto, The which of nice fantasy The people wolde deify.
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. iii [They] were both ystellyfyed In the heauen and there defyed.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 510/1 I deifye, I make an erthly man a God, as the gentylles dyd.
1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) iii. 190 The Superstition of those Times Which deified Kings to warrant their owne crimes.
a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 134 The first instances that I meet with in Greece of Deifying the dead.
1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) v. 123 Leukotheè, once a mortal, now deified in the Sea-region.
b. To render godlike or divine in nature, character, or spirit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > deify
deifya1340
deificatec1540
canonize1553
divine1591
godize1592
godify1603
divinitize1649
divify1652
divinize1656
divinify1660
theologize1678
transhumanate1848
transhumanize1872
in-God1891
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxxi. 1 Þe gaderynge of halymen deifide thorgh grace.
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Deifie, make like God.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 77 No vertue more deified a Prince then Clemencie.
c. To treat as a god, in word or action; to regard or adore as a deity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > deify > regard as a deity
deify1590
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > greatly or immoderately
worshipc1450
to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525
deify1590
idolize1605
idolatrize1615
reverence1748
pedestal1802
to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811
1590 E. Spenser Teares of Muses 368 Now change the tenor of your joyous layes, With which ye use your loves to deifie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 351 Oades..and Elegies..all (forsooth) deifying [printed defying; 1632 deifying] the name of Rosalinde. View more context for this quotation
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 38 He did againe so extoll and deifie the Pope.
1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) iv. 49 Men of power are apt to deifie their own strength..men of wisdome, to deifie their owne reason.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxvi. 4 The old man deifies prudence.
1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) iii. 46 It is possible to over-estimate success to the extent of almost deifying it.

Derivatives

ˈdeifying n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > relating to deification
deifying1553
deificatory1624
the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > nature of god(s) > deification > treating or regarding as divine
deifying1553
deification1651
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 160v The defyeng of Hercules.
1637 T. Nabbes Hannibal & Scipio H ij (R.) A man that..merited A deifying by your gratitude.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης i. 12 Bequeath among his deifying friends that stood about him.
1701 J. Collier tr. A. D'Acier in M. Aurelius Conversat. p. xxi The Deifying of his Father.
1838 R. W. Emerson Addr. Divinity Coll. 8 This sentiment [sc. religious] is divine and deifying.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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