angelifyv.

Brit.

/anˈdʒɛlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ænˈdʒɛləˌfaɪ/

Forms: 1500s– angelify, 1600s angelifie.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin angelificare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin angelificare to make into that of an angel (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < angelus angel n. + classical Latin -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare slightly later angelize v. 2.

transitive. To make (a person or other being) into or like an angel; to make or render (something) angelic; (later also frequently) to regard, represent, or treat as angelic; = angelize v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [verb (transitive)] > make into an angel

angelify1593

angelize1605

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 100 How should Martin Iunior be purified;..Kett Angelified; or the Patriarke of the loouely Familistes, H.N. deified, more then all the world beside?

1662 T. Watson in Exact Coll Farewel Serm. London-ministers (new ed.) 58 The Bodies [of the Saints] shall be then Corpora Angelica; the Body shal be angelified, in regard of that beauty and lustre which shall be put upon it.

1769 D'Alenzon tr. ‘Hoamchi-Vam’ Bonze II. 39 An act of goodness angelifies the aspect of the benevolent.

1864 Amer. Monthly Knickerbocker June 489/1 To believe him [sc. President Lincoln] to be above the ordinary aspirations of man, stripped of the passions and propensities which characterize humanity, were..to deify or angelify a fallen creature, or, at least, to bow down in a humiliating hero-worship.

1929 A. Livingston & E. Abbott tr. G. Ferrero Seven Vices II. iii. 38 On that particular day Alamanni was feeling himself angelified by a most exemplary humility as compared with and in contrast to his wife.

2001 D. K. McColley in K. Armbruster & K. R. Wallace Beyond Nature Writing i. 66 The archangel does not humanize, angelify, or demonize the animals he describes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	angelify
释义	angelifyv. Brit. /anˈdʒɛlᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ænˈdʒɛləˌfaɪ/ Forms: 1500s– angelify, 1600s angelifie. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin angelificare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin angelificare to make into that of an angel (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < angelus angel n. + classical Latin -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare slightly later angelize v. 2. transitive. To make (a person or other being) into or like an angel; to make or render (something) angelic; (later also frequently) to regard, represent, or treat as angelic; = angelize v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [verb (transitive)] > make into an angel angelify1593 angelize1605 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 100 How should Martin Iunior be purified;..Kett Angelified; or the Patriarke of the loouely Familistes, H.N. deified, more then all the world beside? 1662 T. Watson in Exact Coll Farewel Serm. London-ministers (new ed.) 58 The Bodies [of the Saints] shall be then Corpora Angelica; the Body shal be angelified, in regard of that beauty and lustre which shall be put upon it. 1769 D'Alenzon tr. ‘Hoamchi-Vam’ Bonze II. 39 An act of goodness angelifies the aspect of the benevolent. 1864 Amer. Monthly Knickerbocker June 489/1 To believe him [sc. President Lincoln] to be above the ordinary aspirations of man, stripped of the passions and propensities which characterize humanity, were..to deify or angelify a fallen creature, or, at least, to bow down in a humiliating hero-worship. 1929 A. Livingston & E. Abbott tr. G. Ferrero Seven Vices II. iii. 38 On that particular day Alamanni was feeling himself angelified by a most exemplary humility as compared with and in contrast to his wife. 2001 D. K. McColley in K. Armbruster & K. R. Wallace Beyond Nature Writing i. 66 The archangel does not humanize, angelify, or demonize the animals he describes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1593
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