Definition of "apotheosize" [ap•o•the•o•size]

• To glorify; exalt. (verb-transitive)

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• "This was rather a rash venture in prognostication, for it may be easy enough to "apotheosize" the horse, but to what idyllic heights the automobile is destined to ultimately reach no one really knows."
• "The same Milos Forman who felt the brunt of Czechoslovakia's Communist censors was destined to apotheosize Mr. Flynt's contributions to the bizarre saga of American liberty."
• "But rather than apotheosize about some potential, let's talk about realities."