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angelicize, v.|ænˈdʒɛlɪsaɪz|
[f. angelic a.1 + -ize.]
trans. To make angelic; = angelize. Also intr., to act in an angelic manner.
1825Blackw. Mag. XVII. 52/1 The better half..will be for ever on the wing..not merely coquetting but angelicising with men—floating and flying literally. 1838Fraser's Mag. Feb. 148/2 His notions of gentlemanly conduct so completely angelicised the mode of its exhibition. 1852Miss Muloch Agatha's Husb. (1858) 196 Brian..in fact strongly resembled his father angelicised into childhood. 1902Academy 8 Feb. 149/1 He [Thackeray] had to ‘angelicise’ the old gentleman at the club. 1948W. de la Mare Chardin 24/1 His children, never belittled, prettified or angelicized. |