Meaning of GODLIKE
| Pronunciation: | | 'gâd`lIk
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- [adj] being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe
- [adj] appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref
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| | Synonyms: | | divine, heavenly, superhuman |
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| | Definition: | | \God"like`\, a. [God + like. Cf. {Godly}.]
Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence,
preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- {God"like`ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | angelic, august, beatific, blessed, blissful, celestial, Christlike, Christly, distinguished, divine, ecstatic, elevated, eminent, empyrean, ethereal, exalted, famous, glorious, God-fearing, godly, godly-minded, good, heavenly, heroic, high, holy, holy-minded, incarnate, incarnated, intercessional, intercessive, lauded, lofty, made flesh, magnanimous, magnificent, majestic, mediative, mediatory, noble, otherworldly, prominent, propitiative, propitiatory, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, rapturous, redemptive, renowned, righteous, sacred, sainted, saintlike, saintly, salvational, self-existent, seraphic, soaring, spiritual, spiritual-minded, sublime, superb, superhuman, supernatural, towering, transcendent, unearthly, unworldly |
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