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stellified

stellified is the simple past and past participle of stellify.

Meaning of stellify

Verb

stellify (third-person singular simple present stellifies, present participle stellifying, simple past and past participle stellified)

  1. (transitive) To transform from an earthly body into a celestial body; to place in the sky as such
    • In Classical mythology, being stellified was about the greatest posthumous honor for a mortal.
  2. (transitive) To turn into a star.
    • An alternative way to stellify the planet may be to not collapse Jupiter, but instead to introduce a collapsed object into its core.1989, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, 109: 75

Adjective

stellified (not comparable)

  1. Placed in the heavens by the gods in the form of a celestial body.
    • Orion is a stellified hunter[…]1983, Douglas Brooks-Davies, The Mercurian Monarch: magical politics from Spenser to Pope, page 31

Questions about stellified

What does stellified mean?
Stellified means placed in the heavens by the gods in the form of a celestial body.
What is stellified the simple past and past participle of?
Stellified is the simple past and past participle of stellify.
What part of speech is stellified?
Stellified is an adjective.

Words near stellified in the dictionary

  1. Stelles
  2. stellia
  3. stelliferous
  4. Stelliferous Age
  5. Stelliferous Era
  6. stellified
  7. stellifies
  8. stelliform
  9. stellify
  10. stellifying
  11. stelligerous

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