atheize, v.
(ˈeɪθiːaɪz)
[f. Gr. ἄθε-ος (see atheal) + -ize.]
1. intr. To speak, write, or act as an atheist.
| 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 23 Empedocles Atheized in the same manner that Democritus did. |
2. trans. To render atheistic or godless; to make an atheist of. Hence: atheized ppl. a.
| 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 59 The Atheized and Adulterated Atomology. a 1711 Ken Hymnotheo Wks. 1721 III. 63 Lewd Company..By impious Talk his Spirit atheize. 1865 Grosart Palmer's Mem. Introd. 2 Who..have sought to atheize England's Second Thinker [Bacon]. |