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godlike, a.|ˈgɒdlaɪk|
[f. god n. + -like.]
1. Of persons: Resembling God (or a god) in some quality, esp. in nature or disposition; divine.
1513Douglas æneis i. v. 45 Is this the honour done to thame bene godlik? 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 707 This ilk Dauid,..Godlike he wes, full of deuotioun. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. ii. 1 A god or godlike man..Such as was Orpheus. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 110 Thus the Godlike Angel answerd milde. 1711Steele Spect. No. 139 ⁋3 By such Measures this Godlike Prince learned to conquer. 1725Pope Odyss. v. 256 Thus spoke Calypso to her god-like guest. 1800Lamb Lett. (1888) I. 156, I think that a more god-like honest soul exists not in the world. 1852Tennyson Ode Wellington 266 On God and Godlike men we build our trust.
b. quasi-adv. After the fashion of a god.
1667Milton P.L. iv. 289 Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect. 1674Dryden State Innoc. iv. Wks. 1883 V. 152 Praise Him alone, who god-like formed thee free, With will unbounded as a deity.
2. Of qualities, actions, appearance, etc.: Appropriate to a god; resembling (that of) God or a god.
c1555Harpsfield in Bonner's Hom. 3 Endued with most heuenly & godlike qualities. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iii. iv. 3 Madam,..You haue a noble and a true conceit Of god⁓like amity. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 139 Godlike to behold, His Royal Body shines with Specks of Gold. 1713Addison Cato i. iv, To what a godlike height The Roman virtues lift up mortal man. 1725Berkeley Proposal, etc. Wks. III. 230 An excellent and godlike temper of mind. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 32 The God-like faculty of reason. 1830Mackintosh Eth. Philos. Wks. 1846 I. 130 He was compelled..to forego his work of heroic, or rather godlike benevolence. 1870Bryant Iliad I. iii. 81 Paris of the godlike form Appeared in sight.
b. absol. (quasi-n.)
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 136 Is not a Symbol ever, to him who has eyes for it, some dimmer or clearer revelation of the Godlike!
Hence ˈgodlikeness, godlike quality; likeness to God.
1649J. Cardell Morbus Epidem. (1650) 35 Godliness is God-likeness. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. Wks. 1848 I. 216 Godliness, that is, godlikeness. 1839Longfellow Hyperion i. ii. (1853) 9 The expiring God-likeness of Jesus of Nazareth. 1875E. White Life in Christ ii. xi. (1878) 117 The Holy Spirit..communicating to good men of every age and generation God-likeness and immortality. |