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apotheosize

[ uh-poth-ee-uh-sahyz, ap-uh-thee-uh-sahyz ]

verb (used with object)

apotheosized, apotheosizing.
  1. to deify; glorify.


apotheosize

/ əˈɒθɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to deify
  2. to glorify or idealize
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apotheosize1

First recorded in 1750–60; apotheos(is) + -ize
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Yet he maintained that apotheosized idea of the city, born from those formative years of consuming “Talk of the Town” items and witticisms from Algonquin alumni.

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Partly based on the real-life gangster Donnie Andrews, who was lionized as Baltimore’s own Robin Hood, Omar apotheosized Williams’s career but also plagued Williams in the years after the show ended.

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How did the unifying centrist apotheosize into the Notorious RBG, a revered icon of fiery dissent?

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Now, though, Lewis has taken on his most difficult challenge: He has chosen to apotheosize three obscure government agencies — the Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce.

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Even the most lurid forms of behavior are accorded the same apotheosizing gloss.

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