Deicate

/ˈdiːɪkeɪt/ verb

Definition

To make or treat something as divine or godlike; to deify or bestow godly status upon.

Etymology

From Latin deificatus, past participle of deificare (to deify), combining deus (god) and facere (to make). This is an archaic or rare variant of 'deify' with the same Latin roots.

Kelly Says

Medieval theologians used words like 'deicate' to describe the Incarnation—the idea that God became human—flipping the usual direction where humans deify things instead.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ጥቅም
tiq-im
ARالعربية
إرشاد
ir-sha-d
BNবাংলা
নির্দেশনা
nir-desh-na
CACatalà
indicar
in-di-car
CSČeština
ukazovat
u-ka-zo-vat
DADansk
pege
pe-ge
DEDeutsch
deikatieren
de-i-ka-tie-ren
ELΕλληνικά
δείκνυ
dei-knu
ESEspañol
deicatar
de-i-ka-tar
FAفارسی
نشان دادن
na-shan-da-dan
FISuomi
viitata
vi-i-ta-ta
FRFrançais
déicater
de-i-ka-ter
GUGU
દર્શાવવું
dar-sha-av-vun
HAHA
nuna
nu-na
HEעברית
להצביע
le-hat-z-vi-a
HIहिन्दी
दर्शना
dars-na
HUMagyar
mutat
mu-tat
IDBahasa Indonesia
menunjukkan
men-unjuk-kan
IGIG
gwa
gwa
ITItaliano
deicatea
de-i-ka-tea
JA日本語
示す
shi-su
KKKK
сездіру
sez-di-ru
KMKM
ប្រគុំ
pra-k'um
KO한국어
지시하다
ji-si-hada
MRMR
दर्शवणे
dar-sha-va-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
menunjukkan
men-unjuk-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောကြား
pya-kya-r
NLNederlands
aanduiding
an-dui-ding
NONorsk
peke
pe-ke
PAPA
ਦਰਸ਼ਨਾ
dar-sh-na
PLPolski
wskazać
vsh-ka-zat'
PTPortuguês
deicatar
de-i-ka-tar
RORomână
indica
in-di-ka
RUРусский
указать
u-ka-zat'
SVSvenska
peka
pe-ka
SWKiswahili
onyesha
o-nyes-ha
TAதமிழ்
சொல்லு
sol-lu
TEతెలుగు
చూపు
chō-pu
THไทย
ชี้
chi
TLTL
ipintak
i-pin-tak
TRTürkçe
deikate etmek
de-i-ka-te-e-mek
UKУкраїнська
вказів
v-ka-ziv
URاردو
نشان دینا
na-shan-de-na
VITiếng Việt
Chỉ
chi
YOYO
ṣe
ṣe
ZH中文
指示
zhì shì
ZUZU
she
she

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