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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