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apotheosize, v.|æpəʊˈθiːəsaɪz, əˈpɒθiːəʊˌsaɪz|
[f. prec. + -ize.]
To elevate to, or as if to, the rank of a god; to deify, glorify, exalt.
1760Sterne Tr. Shandy II. 280, I have apostrophiz'd thee, Trim, once before—and could I apotheosize thee also, with good company, I would do it. 1834Emerson in Athenæum No. 2852. 796 It is a singular piece of good nature in you to apotheosize him. 1851H. Spencer Soc. Stat. xvi. §3 The rage for accumulation has apotheosized work. |