Definitions for deify

deify de·i·fy

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

Deify is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in deify (defiy).

Definitions for deify

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 deify

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

Examples for deify

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for deify
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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