stellify
UK/ˈstɛl.ɪ.faɪ/
stellify verb: to transform from an earthly body into a celestial body; to place in the sky as such.
Verb
stellify (third-person singular simple present stellifies, present participle stellifying, simple past and past participle stellified)
- 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.
- By the 'hissing snake' Spenser presumably means the scorpion sent by Diana that killed Orion. Like Orion it, too, was stellified. But since, as Scorpio, it rises in the east as Orion's sign sets in the west, the two were regarded as being kept forever apart, Orion perpetually avoiding in the...1983, Douglas Brooks-Davies, The Mercurian Monarch: magical politics from Spenser to Pope, page 31
- 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
stellify meaning in Bengali
stellify in Bengali
- নক্ষত্রে পরিণত হওয়া
Forms of stellify
| third-person singular present | stellifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | stellifying |
| past participle | stellified |
| past | stellified |
Origin of stellify
From Middle English stellifien (“to make into a star; glorify, deify”), from Middle French stellifier, from Medieval Latin stellificāre, itself from Latin stella (“star”) + faciō (“make, do”).
Questions about stellify
- What does stellify mean?
- Stellify means to transform from an earthly body into a celestial body; to place in the sky as such.
- What is stellify in Bengali?
- Stellify in Bengali is নক্ষত্রে পরিণত হওয়া. See Stellify meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is stellify?
- Stellify is a verb.
- How do you pronounce stellify?
- Stellify is pronounced /ˈstɛl.ɪ.faɪ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of stellify?
- The past tense of stellify is stellified.
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