DEIFY in a Sentence

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And this reminds me that had the great Sperm Whale been known to the young Orient World, he would have been deified by their child-magian ...

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 Meanings and Examples of DEIFY
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deify
 v.  turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god
Classic Sentence:
1  And this reminds me that had the great Sperm Whale been known to the young Orient World, he would have been deified by their child-magian thoughts.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
2  They deified the crocodile of the Nile, because the crocodile is tongueless; and the Sperm Whale has no tongue, or at least it is so exceedingly small, as to be incapable of protrusion.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
Example Sentence:
1  Admire Elvis Presley all you want; just don't deify him.