apotheosized

verb

past tense of apotheosize
as in exalted

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  1. exalted
  2. dignified
  3. canonized
  4. revered
  5. lionized
  6. venerated
  7. magnified
  8. worshipped
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  • Meanwhile, Jupiter — exalted in Cancer — brings expansion to themes of intuition, emotional intelligence, family bonds and home life.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Onstage, Michael is exalted, transfigured, fully alive, with neither fear nor shame.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of exalted
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  • The incarnation dignified the material world, which is good, though in constant need of repair and healing.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • That’s what dignified the Rolling Stones.
    — Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of dignified
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  • This is the Tricky sound canonized.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • After her death she was canonized by the Catholic Church and recognized as the patron saint of immigrants.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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  • Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reviled by some and revered by others, is set to be laid to rest after a sprawling multiday funeral ceremony planned as both a religious and a political spectacle.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Unlike many coming-of-age series, Eva (played by June Diane Raphael) is revered by her daughter.
    — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 3 July 2026
Definition of revered
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  • Greenspan was the rare celebrity among central bankers, lionized for his economic stewardship in the 1990s — and a reputation tarnished by the global financial crisis of 2008.
    — June 22, NPR, 22 June 2026
  • Jay Cooke, who had once been lionized for his role in financing the Union victory, was attacked in the press and accused of cheating ordinary Americans out of their savings.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of lionized
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  • Dmitry and Evdokia were venerated separately for centuries – her on May 30, him on June 1 – until the 2015 decree that combined them.
    — Diana Dukhanova, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a monastery with emblematic golden domes, is venerated by both the Russian and Ukrainian wings of the Orthodox Church as one of their most important spiritual centers.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Definition of venerated
Verb
  • The approval and absence of concessions have magnified speculation of Trump putting his thumb on the scales for Paramount CEO David Ellison’s plans to assemble a media conglomerate.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
  • That's all magnified when one or both partners are rich and famous.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 July 2026
Definition of magnified
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  • But for the peoples who worshipped there, that land was the church.
    — Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 9 July 2026
  • Quite literally worshipped by some extreme members of society.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
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