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angelize, v. arch.|ˈeɪndʒəlaɪz|
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
1. trans. To convert into an angel, render angelic.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Pet. ii. 10 That sin..would have deified angels, and angelized men. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 190 Such like thoughts..will Angelize thy body, and Emparadise thy soule. 1796W. Taylor in Month. Rev. XX. 520 It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man.
†2. intr. To belong or lean to the Angelists. Obs.
1605T. Bell Motives conc. Rom. Faith Ded. 1 If Tertullian..erred montanizing..if Nazianzen angelizing, if Eusebius arrianizing. |