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DEIFY

/ˈdiː.ə.faɪ/

VerbDE-i-fyde-i-fy · 3 syllablesGrade 8

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025

Meaning

To make into a god.

Origin: Latin

From French déifier, from Latin deificāre, from deus (“god”). By surface analysis, deity + -ify.

divinizeapotheosizeeuhemerizedemideifymythologizeexalt idealizeadmireadoreaggrandize

undeifydisdeifyungodeuhemerize

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