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deificating

deificating is the present participle and gerund of deificate.

Meaning of deificate

Verb

deificate (third-person singular simple present deificates, present participle deificating, simple past and past participle deificated)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To deify.
    • Maybe one day if they like racing and they read about Ayrton Senna they'll decide for themselves he was the greatest driver of all time. Since they won't have been able to see him race, will they be stupid idiots because they deificate him ???!??1995 March 11, Eric Lessard, “Gilles flamefest - First and Last Answer From E.Lessard (Corrected Version)”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026

Questions about deificating

What is deificating the present participle and gerund of?
Deificating is the present participle and gerund of deificate.

Words near deificating in the dictionary

  1. deifical
  2. deifically
  3. deificate
  4. deificated
  5. deificates
  6. deificating
  7. deification
  8. deifications
  9. deificatory
  10. deified
  11. deifier

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