apotheosize

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US/əˈpɑ.θi.oʊˌsaɪz/US, colloquial/əˈpɑ.θi.əˌsaɪz/

verb

To deify; to convert into a god.

Opposite
undeifymore there
Scrabble 25

Meanings

verbapotheosize (third-person singular simple present apotheosizes, present participle apotheosizing, simple past and past participle apotheosized)

present singular third person apotheosizes · participle present apotheosizing · participle past apotheosized · past apotheosized · alternative apotheosise

  1. transitiveTo deify; to convert into a god.

    Synonyms: divinize, deify · Antonyms: undeify, more there

  2. transitiveTo exalt; to glorify.

    Synonyms: divinize, deify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo deify; to convert into a god.

Opposite
undeifymore there

verbTo exalt; to glorify.

More synonyms by meaning

verbdeify or glorify

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Hellenic*apó
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
  5. Ancient Greekἀπο- (apo-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁sós
  9. Proto-Hellenic*tʰehós
  10. Ancient Greekθεός (theós)
  11. Ancient Greekἀποθεόω (apotheóō)
  12. Ancient Greekἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis)
  13. Latinapotheōsis
  14. Englishapotheosis
  15. Englishapotheosize

From apotheosis + -ize.

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Translations

French apothéoser
  • apothéoserdeify
Polish apoteozować, apoteozować
  • apoteozowaćdeify
  • apoteozowaćexalt
Portuguese apoteosar, apoteotizar
  • apoteosardeify
  • apoteotizardeify
Cite this entry
APA

apotheosize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apotheosize

MLA

“apotheosize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apotheosize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apotheosize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apotheosize.

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