释义 |
deify /ˈdeɪɪfʌɪ / /ˈdiːɪfʌɪ/verb (deifies, deifying, deified) [with object]Worship or regard as a god: she was deified by the early Romans as a fertility goddess...- The prophet Muhammad is not deified but is regarded as a human who was selected by God to spread the word to others through the Koran, Islam's holiest book.
- He died after a misunderstanding with his wife, but was deified and worshipped for many generations.
- In the small communities of villages, all the forces of nature were deified and worshipped.
Synonyms worship, revere, venerate, reverence, hold sacred, pay homage to, extol, exalt, adore; immortalize rare divinize idolize, apotheosize, lionize, hero-worship; idealize, glorify, aggrandize informal put on a pedestal Origin Middle English (in the sense 'make godlike in character'): from Old French deifier, from ecclesiastical Latin deificare, from deus 'god'. divine from Late Middle English: Divine ‘godlike’ came via Old French from Latin divinus, from divus ‘godlike’ (related to deus ‘god’, source of Middle English deify). The gradual weakening of the word to a general term of praise, which started in the late 15th century, can be compared with ‘heavenly’. The phrase the divine right of kings stating that legitimate kings derive their power from God alone, came into specific use in the 17th century under the Stuart kings.
Rhymes reify |