1. to make divine or godlike; to deify
Usage: British spelling; formal
2. to treat as sacred or supremely important
Usage: British spelling; formal

Examples

• Ancient cultures often divinised their rulers.
• The poet seemed to divinise nature in his verses.
• Critics accused the movement of trying to divinise their leader.
• She refused to divinise wealth and material success.
• The temple was built to divinise the memory of fallen heroes.
• Some philosophers divinise human reason above all else.