Apotheosize
to deify; glorify.
Historical Examples
The Devas sprung from the Pitris, because it was usual to apotheosize the dead.
India: What can it teach us? F. Max Mller
verb (transitive)
to deify
to glorify or idealize
v.
1760; see apotheosis + -ize. Related: Apotheosized; apotheosizing. Earlier in same sense was apotheose (1670s).
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