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
Verb
  • Arnault exalted the role American women have played in fanning the success of French fashions.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Mercury is exalted in Virgo until September 10, so the first part of the month is a good time to get into the logistical weeds about it.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of exalted
Verb
  • Bulked up yet nuanced and verbose, Whitford does as much to humanize his guy as the script allows and the result is a potent but nonetheless dignified central performance.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than a piece of writing dignified by money, the work of writing is dignified by a reader’s time.
    — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of dignified
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  • First Indigenous woman of North America to be canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • That may be true in universities where the evaluative component is elided because the literature being discussed has been canonized.
    — Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of canonized
Verb
  • Mogrovejo is revered for having traveled long distances to be with his flock and for having defended the rights of Indigenous and enslaved peoples.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
  • More news Women killed in North Hollywood Metro station crash revered as pillars of the community.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of revered
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  • Soaring energy prices and inflation have added to the burden as the tourism sector struggles to draw visitors to landscapes lionized in Hollywood by Peter O’Toole, Harrison Ford and Matt Damon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Fauci, 85, truly one of humanity’s great public health heroes, will be lionized in history long after mediocrities like Paul, Uthmeier and Scott have been relegated to footnotes.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of lionized
Verb
  • Each October, pilgrims walk about 37 miles from the capital and nearby towns to give thanks or make requests to the Virgin of Luján, a small statue of Mary venerated as Argentina's patron saint.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • But the differences in results in the bodies do show that the capacocha ceremony wasn’t uniform and could vary by geography and by which god was being venerated.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of venerated
Verb
  • It got blown out by a momentary glitch, magnified by his lack of controls.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Those concerns were magnified after Netflix experienced widespread technical difficulties during the streaming of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight that November, though the NFL broadcast was largely free of glitches.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of magnified
Verb
  • Pantone, a universal system for accurately specifying colors, and worshipped by designers and printers around the world, sells a straightforward ruler ($29).
    — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Stevie Wonder wanted to talk with me, the little boy who worshipped his music straight into adulthood?
    — Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of worshipped
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