verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic. transitive

   "W. Taylor It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man."

Synonyms

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angelify

Antonyms

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demonize

Example

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"W. Taylor It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man."

Etymology

From angel + -ize.

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