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disdeify

disdeify verb: to divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.

Verb

disdeify (third-person singular simple present disdeifies, present participle disdeifying, simple past and past participle disdeified)

  1. (transitive) To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.
    • The Papists portray him as an old Man; and by this means, dis-deifie him.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

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Forms of disdeify

third-person singular presentdisdeifies
present participledisdeifying
past participledisdeified
pastdisdeified

Origin of disdeify

From dis- + deify.

Questions about disdeify

What does disdeify mean?
Disdeify means to divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.
What part of speech is disdeify?
Disdeify is a verb.
What is the past tense of disdeify?
The past tense of disdeify is disdeified.

Words near disdeify in the dictionary

  1. disdains
  2. disdar
  3. disdars
  4. disdeified
  5. disdeifies
  6. disdeify
  7. disdeifying
  8. disdeign
  9. disdeigned
  10. disdeigning
  11. disdeigns

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