Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To reduce from the state of deity; deprive of the character or qualities of a god; deprive of the honor due to a god.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god.
Etymologies
- un- + deify (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The commercial millionaire may become a beggar; the illustrious statesman can make a vital mistake and be dropped and forgotten; the illustrious general can lose a decisive battle and with it the consideration of men; but once a prince always a prince -- that is to say, an imitation god, and neither hard fortune nor an infamous character nor an addled brain nor the speech of an ass can undeify him.”
“Object, or worthy of religion, without knowing all of him, which is impossible: and if it were possible it would undeify him.”
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.
“Who art thou that takest upon thee at this rate, to undeify God and deify the creature, a mortal worm?”
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.
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