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divinize

American

[div-uh-nahyz] / ˈdɪv əˌnaɪz /

especially British, divinise

verb (used with object)

divinized, divinizing

to make divine; deify.

divinize British

/ ˈdɪvɪˌnaɪz /

verb

(tr) to make divine; deify

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Other Word Forms

divinization noun

Etymology

Origin of divinize

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

Example Sentences

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Sauvignon Blanc is a gossamer ballad that contains the self-deprecating pledge: "I will listen to my God / I will throw away my Jimmy Choos"; while the dazzling dopamine rush of Divinize finds her, in the word of Loki, burdened with glorious purpose.

From BBC

"Bruise me up, I'll eat all of my pride / I know that I was made to divinize."

From BBC

Earnestness, sincerity, are orators whose persuasions are irresistible; they hold all gifts in fusion, magnetize, divinize, harmonize all.

From Project Gutenberg

Their religion is, as it were, a last attempt to divinize all that constitutes humanity in men.

From Project Gutenberg

Asked why they thought as they did, ministers most commonly cited their opinion that Roman Catholics "divinize" Mary.

From Time Magazine Archive

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