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verbdivinize (third-person singular simple present divinizes, present participle divinizing, simple past and past participle divinized)
present singular third person divinizes · participle present divinizing · participle past divinized · past divinized · alternative divinise
- transitiveTo make divine; to make godlike; to exalt.
As to the tendency to divinise these totems, this arises no doubt partly out of question (2).
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 57Synonyms: apotheosize, deify
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verbTo make divine; to make godlike; to exalt.
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