angelize

English

Alternative forms

• angelise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

angel +‎ -ize

Verb

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.

Translations

to render angelic

• Portuguese: angelizar
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References

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