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undeify

undeify verb: to degrade from the state of deity; to deprive godness.

Verb

undeify (third-person singular simple present undeifies, present participle undeifying, simple past and past participle undeified)

  1. (transitive) To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive godness.
    • An Idol may be undeified1711 June 3 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “WEDNESDAY, May 24, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 73; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New...

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Forms of undeify

third-person singular presentundeifies
present participleundeifying
past participleundeified
pastundeified

Origin of undeify

From un- + deify.

Questions about undeify

What does undeify mean?
Undeify means to degrade from the state of deity; to deprive godness.
What part of speech is undeify?
Undeify is a verb.
What is the past tense of undeify?
The past tense of undeify is undeified.

Words near undeify in the dictionary

  1. undehusked
  2. undehydrated
  3. undeification
  4. undeified
  5. undeifies
  6. undeify
  7. undeifying
  8. undeistic
  9. undejected
  10. undekha
  11. undelayable

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