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divinize

[ div-uh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, div·i·nized, div·i·niz·ing.
  1. to make divine; deify.


divinize

/ ˈdɪvɪˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to make divine; deify
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌdiviniˈzation, noun
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Other Words From

  • divi·ni·zation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of divinize1

1650–60; divine + -ize; compare French diviniser
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Example Sentences

Earnestness, sincerity, are orators whose persuasions are irresistible; they hold all gifts in fusion, magnetize, divinize, harmonize all.

Their religion is, as it were, a last attempt to divinize all that constitutes humanity in men.

Asked why they thought as they did, ministers most commonly cited their opinion that Roman Catholics "divinize" Mary.

Is it necessary to point out the folly as well as the crime of this delusion--the ludicrous inconsequence of men who divinize humanity yet revile what they call "society"?

These chosen souls, He inundates with celestial gifts,—revealing glimpses of His glory and beauty, transforming them into Himself, so as in a manner to divinize them, and even sometimes imparting visible external marks of their sublime spiritual exaltation.

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