Definitions for deifies

deifies de·i·fy

Spelling: [dee-uh-fahy]
IPA: /ˈdi əˌfaɪ/

Deifies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in deifies (deefiis).

Definitions for deifies

verb (used with object)

  1. to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity:
  2. to adore or regard as a deity:

Origin of deifies

1300-50; Middle English deifien Old French deifier Late Latin deificāre. See deification, -ify

Examples for deifies

It is not clear, then, how they can 'deify' classes of things, if they have no notion of deity.

We deify the garments associated with that all-supreme moment.

The nincompoop can always be counted on to deify the commonplace.

To do so is to deify a celebrity for being what we need them to be, while willfully ignoring who they really are.

There are men even now who would outrage virtue, and deify the crime.

If you did not deify one as well as the other, what will become of Ino?

His choices free or fetter, elevate or debase, deify or demonize his humanity.

Every one was prepared to deify him, and he received this homage with pleasure.

You deify the sun and the moon, which the Greeks take to be Apollo and Diana.

It did not conquer, but I may not deify that it restrained my ardour.

Word Value for deifies
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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