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undeify en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + deify.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive godness.
    • An Idol may be undeified 1711 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 York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
undeified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
undeified Tense=Past lexicographic
undeifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
undeifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

deify · apotheosize · mythologize · demideify · divinize · redeify · euhemerize

Synonyms

ungod · euhemerize · disdeify