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deify

verb as in elevate, glorify

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In a 1942 essay, Hall wrote: “All followers who offer to adorn and deify their teachers set up a false condition. Human beings, experience has proved, make better humans than they do gods.”

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The themes of performances at Mr Gopalakrishnan's house include honouring a deified ancestor, venerating a warrior-hunter deity, and worshipping tiger spirits symbolising strength and protection.

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Trump is now deifying the Jan. 6 terrorists as "political prisoners" and heroes.

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There was even a time when even George W. Bush was practically deified.

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But rather than commune with Marika, his deified mother, Miquella wants to escape the strictures and expectations of her Golden Order.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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