deiform, a.
(ˈdiːɪfɔːm)
[ad. med.L. deiform-is (Du Cange), f. de-us god: see -form.]
1. Having the form of a god; godlike in form.
| 1642 H. More Song of Soul ii. i. ii. xlvii, Onely souls Deiform intellective, Unto that height of happinesse can get. a 1667 Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year Suppl. (1678) 245 We can no otherwayes see God..but by becoming Deiform. 1825 New Monthly Mag. XIV. 280 Attempting to arrive at the deiform nature. 1856 Faber Creator & Creature iii. iv. (1886) 383 By these [gifts of glory] we..become..deiform, shining like the Divinity. |
2. Conformable to the character or nature of God; godlike, divine, holy.
| 1654 Gataker Disc. Apol. 68 Admirable and most ravishing Devotions, Deiform Intentions, Heroical acts of Vertu. a 1715 Burnet Own Time (1766) I. 261 To consider religion as a seed of a deiform nature. 1794 T. Taylor Pausanias III. 330 Hence these souls..exhibit a deiform power. 1874 Pusey Lenten Serm. 20 Free-will..enfreed and Deiform through grace, or enslaved and imbruted by sin. |