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celestify

UK/səˈlɛs.tə.faɪ/

celestify verb: to make like heaven.

Verb

celestify (third-person singular simple present celestifies, present participle celestifying, simple past and past participle celestified)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make like heaven.
    • we should affirm that all things were in all things, that heaven were but earth celestified, and earth but heaven terrestrified1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    celestialize

Synonyms of celestify

Forms of celestify

third-person singular presentcelestifies
present participlecelestifying
past participlecelestified
pastcelestified

Origin of celestify

From Latin caelestis (“heavenly”) + -fy.

Questions about celestify

What does celestify mean?
Celestify means to make like heaven.
What part of speech is celestify?
Celestify is a verb.
How do you pronounce celestify?
Celestify is pronounced /səˈlɛs.tə.faɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of celestify?
The past tense of celestify is celestified.

Words near celestify in the dictionary

  1. celestian
  2. Celestians
  3. celestical
  4. celestified
  5. celestifies
  6. celestify
  7. celestifying
  8. Celestin
  9. Celestina
  10. celestine
  11. celestines

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