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verbbegod (third-person singular simple present begods, present participle begodding, simple past and past participle begodded)
present singular third person begods · participle present begodding · participle past begodded · past begodded
- obsoletetransitiveTo exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.
And thus by degrees paganism came to be christened into a new name, by their setting up their divi, or begodded tutelar saints, and prosecuting their apotheosis with divine worship.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
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