apotheosize

[ uh-poth-ee-uh-sahyz, ap-uh-thee-uh-sahyz ]
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verb (used with object),a·poth·e·o·sized, a·poth·e·o·siz·ing.
  1. to deify; glorify.

Origin of apotheosize

1
First recorded in 1750–60; apotheos(is) + -ize

Words Nearby apotheosize

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How to use apotheosize in a sentence

  • How greatly would the plain but gifted Quimby have been shocked, had he foreknown that Mrs. Eddy would thus apotheosize him.

  • The Devas sprung from the Pitris, because it was usual to apotheosize the dead.

British Dictionary definitions for apotheosize

apotheosize

apotheosise

/ (əˈpɒθɪəˌsaɪz) /


verb(tr)
  1. to deify

  2. to glorify or idealize

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