deiform

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Pronunciation

/ˈdiː.ɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

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/ˈdiː.ɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ · /ˈdeɪ.ɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

Definition of deiform

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Godlike.

“But that full graſp of vaſt Eternitie / Longs not to beings ſimply vegetive, / Not yet to creatures merely ſenſitive: / Reaſon alone cannot arrive to it. / Onely ſouls Deiform intellective / Unto that height of happineſſe can get; / Yet immortalitie with other ſouls may fit.”

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adj

Godlike.

“But that full graſp of vaſt Eternitie / Longs not to beings ſimply vegetive, / Not yet to creatures merely ſenſitive: / Reaſon alone cannot arrive to it. / Onely ſouls Deiform intellective / Unto that height of happineſſe can get; / Yet immortalitie with other ſouls may fit.”
Conformable to the will of God

“When our minds shall perceive what a pure imitation of God its life is, and how exactly deiform all its motions and actions are, with what ravishing pleasure will they even review their own motions […]”

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From Medieval Latin deifōrmis (literally “godlike”).

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