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divinizing

divinizing is the present participle and gerund of divinize.

Meaning of divinize

Verb

divinize (third-person singular simple present divinizes, present participle divinizing, simple past and past participle divinized)

  1. (transitive) To make divine; to make godlike; to exalt.
    • As to the tendency to divinise these totems, this arises no doubt partly out of question (2).1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 57
    Synonyms:
    apotheosize, deify

Questions about divinizing

What is divinizing the present participle and gerund of?
Divinizing is the present participle and gerund of divinize.

Words near divinizing in the dictionary

  1. divinization
  2. divinizations
  3. divinize
  4. divinized
  5. divinizes
  6. divinizing
  7. divinor
  8. divinors
  9. divinour
  10. divinours
  11. divint

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