2. Conformable to the will of God. [R.] Bp. Burnet.
DEIFORMITY
De`i*for"mi*ty, n.
Defn: Likeness to deity. [Obs.]
DEIFY
De"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deified; p. pr. & vb. n. Deifying.]
Etym: [F. déifier, 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 Cæsar 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 to extol and deify the pope. Bacon.
3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. Wordsworth.
DEIGN
Deign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Deigning.] Etym:
[OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner, daigner, F. daigner, fr.
L. dignari to deem worthy, deign, fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere
to be fitting. See Decent, and cf. Dainty, Dignity, Condign,
Disdain.]
1. To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; — opposed to disdain. [Obs.] I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. Shak.
2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant. Nor would we deign him burial of his men. Shak.