Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deify \De"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deified}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Deifying}.] [F. d['e]ifier, LL. deificare, fr. L. deificus.
   See {Deific}, {Deity}, {-fy}.]
   1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to
      enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius
      C[ae]sar was deified.

   2. 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. --Bacon.

   3. To render godlike.

            By our own spirits are we deified.    --Wordsworth.

Source : WordNet®

deify
     v 1: consider as a god or god-like; "These young men deify
          financial success"
     2: exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their
        King"
     [also: {deified}]