Apotheosize vs. Deify

Apotheosizeverb

(transitive) To deify, to convert into a god.

Deifyverb

(transitive) To make a god of (something or someone).

Apotheosizeverb

(transitive) To exalt, glorify.

Deifyverb

(transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.

Apotheosizeverb

To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

Deifyverb

To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Cæsar was deified.

Apotheosizeverb

deify or glorify

Deifyverb

To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.

‘He did again so extol and deify the pope.’;

Deifyverb

To render godlike.

‘By our own spirits are we deified.’;

Deifyverb

consider as a god or god-like;

‘These young men deify financial success’;

Deifyverb

exalt to the position of a God;

‘the people deified their King’;