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Deify meaning

  1. To make into a god.
  2. To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.

Synonyms of Deify

idealize idealise exalt

Related words

Other words often associated with Deify or its synonyms:

view see hatch reckon regard consider concoct proclaim uplift laud intoxicate glorify

Using Deify

  • The main meaning on this page is: To make into a god. | To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.
  • Useful related words include: idealize, idealise, exalt.
  • In the example corpus, deify often appears in combinations such as: to deify, and deify, deify the.

Context around Deify

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

either 1× schools 1×

Often after:

hadrian 2× himself 2× aurelian 1×

Sentence patterns with Deify

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

campaign to deify hadrian the 2× deity and deify only solid 1× god and deify himself as 1× korean schools deify both father 1× meant to deify himself by 1× opposition and deify the ppp 1× rather than deify the original 1× senate to deify aurelian before 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

accessed january 14 1× bury pg 528 1× databases have many 1× defectors have been 1× for deity and 1× in contrast to 1×

Common sentence endings:

the emperors wishes 2× a new target 1× antichrist will do 1× aurelian s murderers 1× by requiring it 1× diaeresis is normative 1×

Words around Deify

Just before it in the word index:

deified 38 deification 20 deifel 2 deif 17 deidre 41 deidra 2

Just after it in the word index:

deifying 3 deighan 3 deighton 22 deigin 2 deign 3 deignan 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Deify

  • In this selection, "deify" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, either, schools, hadrian, himself and aurelian stand out and add context to how "deify" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include campaign to deify hadrian the and deity and deify only solid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "deify" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with deify

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For deity and deify, only solid styling (no hyphen or diaeresis) is normative. (13 words)

Defectors have been quoted as saying that North Korean schools deify both father and son. (15 words)

In contrast to their behavior during Antoninus' campaign to deify Hadrian, the senate did not oppose the emperors' wishes. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Bury, pg. 528 In honor of her memory, he asked the Senate to deify her as a goddess, and authorised the construction of a temple to be built in the Roman Forum in her name, with priestesses serving in her temple. (41 words)

All that the readers have to do is switch the attack, that is, make a ‘devil’ out of the current opposition, and ‘deify’ the PPP/C, Irfaan Ali, Jagdeo et al…same content, but a new target. (37 words)

Databases have many uses, especially in tracking climate change or air quality, but only if informed by a social justice framework that is not driven by profit nor dogmatic paradigms that either deify or totally reject technology. (37 words)

Example sentences (11)

All that the readers have to do is switch the attack, that is, make a ‘devil’ out of the current opposition, and ‘deify’ the PPP/C, Irfaan Ali, Jagdeo et al…same content, but a new target.

Databases have many uses, especially in tracking climate change or air quality, but only if informed by a social justice framework that is not driven by profit nor dogmatic paradigms that either deify or totally reject technology.

Rather than deify the original —though it does do so to some degree—it subverts itself in a kind of postmodern way.

Accessed January 14, 2016 In contrast to their behavior during Antoninus' campaign to deify Hadrian, the senate did not oppose the emperors' wishes.

Bury, pg. 528 In honor of her memory, he asked the Senate to deify her as a goddess, and authorised the construction of a temple to be built in the Roman Forum in her name, with priestesses serving in her temple.

Defectors have been quoted as saying that North Korean schools deify both father and son.

For deity and deify, only solid styling (no hyphen or diaeresis) is normative.

In contrast to their behavior during Antoninus' campaign to deify Hadrian, the senate did not oppose the emperors' wishes.

Southern, pg. 127 He decided to re-involve the Senate in some consultative manner in the mechanisms of government Gibbon, Ch. 12 and asked the Senate to deify Aurelian, before arresting and executing Aurelian's murderers.

The Greeks regarded the gesture as the province of deities and believed that Alexander meant to deify himself by requiring it.

Voight then accused the president of trying to depose God and deify himself—as, according to the Book of Revelation, the Antichrist will do.

Common combinations with deify

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "deify" in a sentence?
An example: "All that the readers have to do is switch the attack, that is, make a ‘devil’ out of the current opposition, and ‘deify’ the PPP/C, Irfaan Ali, Jagdeo et al…same content, but a new target." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "deify" from authentic English texts.
What does "deify" mean?
Deify means: To make into a god.
What are synonyms of "deify"?
Common synonyms of "deify" include: idealize, idealise, exalt.
How many example sentences with "deify" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "deify", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.