deific

[ dee-if-ik ]

adjective

1. making divine; deifying.

deific

/ deɪ-; diːˈɪfɪk /

adjective

1. making divine or exalting to the position of a god
2. divine or godlike

Word History and Origins

Origin of deific¹

1480–90; < Late Latin deificus, equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -ficus -fic

Example Sentences

For deep feeling has a potency of its own, and all that careless group felt as if some deific cloud had passed by.

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But we will close with the testimony of a French philosopher (Bagin) on the subject of deific incarnations.

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The Persians have alway's opposed the making and worship of deific images; and they worship but one God, with the above names.

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He invoked the inspiration of the Goddess of Song, and waited for, no doubt believed in, some "deific impulse" descending on him.

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Conscious life, or the capacity to become conscious of anything, is a Deific attribute.

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