The British spelling of the present participle form of apotheosise, meaning to raise someone or something to the status of a god or treat them as divine.
From apotheosise (British variant of apothesize), which comes from Late Latin apotheosis, from Greek apotheoun 'to make a god,' composed of apo- 'away' and theos 'god.' The suffix -ising is the British spelling convention for verbs.
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