Ungod

//ʌnˈɡɒd// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A false god; an idol

    "They provoked Me with an ungod, they vexed Me with their empty things."

Verb
  1. 1
    To divest of a god; to atheize. transitive

    "Thus men ungodded may to places rise, / And sects may be preferr'd without disguise: / No danger to the church or state from these; / The Papist only has his writ of ease."

  2. 2
    To divest of godly powers; to strip of divinity. transitive

    "He that would have another god, would have the Lord to be ungodded, and to lose his sovereign power and goodness!"

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"Thus men ungodded may to places rise, / And sects may be preferr'd without disguise: / No danger to the church or state from these; / The Papist only has his writ of ease."

Etymology

From un- + god. Compare Dutch ontgoden, German entgöttern.

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