deific

American  

[dee-if-ik] / diˈɪf ɪk /

adjective

1. making divine; deifying.

---

deific British  

/ deɪ-, diːˈɪfɪk /

adjective

1. making divine or exalting to the position of a god

2. divine or godlike

---

Etymology

Origin of deific

1480–90; < Late Latin deificus, equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -ficus -fic

Example Sentences

The measure'd faiths of other lands, the grandeurs of the past, Are not for thee, but grandeurs of thine own, Deific faiths and amplitudes, absorbing, comprehending all, All eligible to all.

From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt

Must it still penetrate further in the profound beyond, where time ceases to be, where the past, present, and the future, are forever unknown, but exist only as the Deific consciousness of the eternal Now?

From The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 by Burgoyne, Thomas H.

Among the earliest of Deific utterances, therefore, we have this: "It is not good that man should be alone."

From The Jericho Road by Adkins, W. Bion

All its history, biography, narratives, &c., are as beads, strung on and indicating the eternal thread of the Deific purpose and power.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt

Yet with only deepest faith for impetus, and such Deific purpose for palpable or impalpable theme, it often transcends the masterpieces of Hellas, and all masterpieces.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt