divinize

[ div-uh-nahyz ]
/ ˈdɪv əˌnaɪz /

verb (used with object), div·i·nized, div·i·niz·ing.

to make divine; deify.
Also especially British, div·i·nise.

Origin of divinize

1650–60; divine + -ize; compare French diviniser

OTHER WORDS FROM divinize

div·i·ni·za·tion, noun

Words nearby divinize

diving reflex, diving suit, divining rod, divinity, divinity school, divinize, divinyl ether, divinylbenzene, divinópolis, divisi, divisibility

Example sentences from the Web for divinize

  • Their religion is, as it were, a last attempt to divinize all that constitutes humanity in men.

    God and the State |Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin

  • As to the tendency to divinize these totems, this arises no doubt partly out of question .

    Pagan & Christian Creeds |Edward Carpenter

British Dictionary definitions for divinize

divinize

divinise

/ (ˈdɪvɪˌnaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make divine; deify

Derived forms of divinize

divinization or divinisation, noun