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atheise

atheise is the alternative spelling of atheize.

Meaning of atheize

Verb

atheize (third-person singular simple present atheizes, present participle atheizing, simple past and past participle atheized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To render (someone) atheistic.
    • After this manner, authority vvorking in a circle, they endeavoured to atheize one another.1732, George Berkeley, “The Second Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume I, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section XVII, page 118
  2. (intransitive, rare) To become atheistic.
    • A considerable observation of Plato's, that it is not only moral vitiosity, which inclines men to atheize, but also an affectation of seeming wiser than the generality of mankind; […]1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe

Forms of atheise

third-person singular presentatheises
present participleatheising
past participleatheised
pastatheised

Questions about atheise

What is atheise the alternative spelling of?
Atheise is the alternative spelling of atheize.

Words near atheise in the dictionary

  1. athede
  2. athedes
  3. atheed
  4. atheeds
  5. atheisation
  6. atheise
  7. atheised
  8. atheises
  9. atheising
  10. atheism
  11. Atheism Plus

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