disdeify

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ deify.

Verb

disdeify (third-person singular simple present disdeifies, present participle disdeifying, simple past and past participle disdeified)

1. (transitive) To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

     The Papists portray him as an old Man; and by this means, dis-deifie him.

Synonyms

• ungod

References

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

Anagrams

• disedify