angelize

English

Alternative forms

• angelise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

angel +‎ -ize

Verb

angelize (third-person singular simple present angelizes, present participle angelizing, simple past and past participle angelized)

1. (transitive) To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.
   • W. Taylor

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

Synonyms

• angelify

Derived terms

• angelization

Related terms

• angelification
• Los Angelization
• Los Angelize

Translations

to render angelic

• Dutch: zalig verklaren
• Portuguese: angelizar

References

• “angelize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Verb

angelize

1. inflection of angelizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative