divinize

[ div-uh-nahyz ]

/ ˈdɪv əˌnaɪz /

verb (used with object), div·i·nized, div·i·niz·ing.

to make divine; deify.

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Also especially British, div·i·nise.

Origin of divinize

1650–60; divine + -ize; compare French diviniser

OTHER WORDS FROM divinize

div·i·ni·za·tion, noun

Words nearby divinize

diving reflex, diving suit, divining rod, divinity, divinity school, divinize, divinyl ether, divinylbenzene, divinópolis, divisi, divisibility

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Example sentences from the Web for divinize

Their religion is, as it were, a last attempt to divinize all that constitutes humanity in men.
God and the State|Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
As to the tendency to divinize these totems, this arises no doubt partly out of question .
Pagan & Christian Creeds|Edward Carpenter

British Dictionary definitions for divinize

divinize

divinise

/ (ˈdɪvɪˌnaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make divine; deify

Derived forms of divinize

divinization or divinisation, noun

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