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71memorial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. commemorative. n. monument, shrine, tablet; anniversary; petition. See memory, record. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dedicatory, commemorative, remembering, consecrating, canonizing, enshrining,… …
72deify — de|i|fy [ˈdi:ıfaı, ˈdeı ] v past tense and past participle deified present participle deifying third person singular deifies [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: déifier, from Latin deus god ] to treat someone or something with extreme respect …
73deify — mid 14c., from O.Fr. deifier (13c.), from L.L. deificare, from deificus making godlike, from L. deus god (see ZEUS (Cf. Zeus)) + ficare, from facere to make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Related: Deified; …
74deify — [[t]de͟ɪɪfaɪ, AM di͟ː [/t]] deifies, deifying, deified VERB: usu passive If someone is deified, they are considered to be a god or are regarded with very great respect. [FORMAL] [be V ed] Stalin was deified to an extent during his lifetime …
75deification — de·i·fi·ca·tion || ‚diËɪfɪ keɪʃn n. act of deifying, act of making divine …
76deifications — de·i·fi·ca·tion || ‚diËɪfɪ keɪʃn n. act of deifying, act of making divine …
77deify — [ deɪɪfʌɪ, di:ɪ ] verb (deifies, deifying, deified) make into or worship as a god. Derivatives deification noun Origin ME: from OFr. deifier, from eccles. L. deificare, from deus god …
78deification — n. Apotheosis, deifying …
79deify — verb deified, deifying (T) formal to treat someone or something with far too much respect and admiration deification / di:Kfi keISFn, deI/ noun (U) …
80idolatrous — adj 1. idol worshiping, idolistic, icon worshiping, fetishistic; heretical, unorthodox, pagan, heathen. 2. adulatory, adoring, worshiping, worshipful, idolizing, deifying, lionizing; fulsome, uncritical, uncen sorious, unreproachful; awestruck,… …
