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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'apotheosis' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions apotheosis noun (apotheoses) glorification, sometimes to a divine level; deification; crediting a person with god-like power. A glorify, glorified example, the apex of perfection. The restaurant sought to be the of the regional cuisine. (mythology) Becoming a deity. In mythology many heroes underwent to become gods. (greekmyth) Specifically the event where Hercules became a deity and ascended to Mt. Olympos. Translations:  German: Vergí¶tterung (trans-mid) Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, á), from verb (polytonic, á) "deify" (factitive verb formed from "God" with intensive prefix (polytonic, á)-)        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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