The present participle of 'angeliz,' meaning to give something or someone angelic qualities or to make it resemble an angel.
From 'angel' + '-ize' + '-ing,' marking the ongoing or continuous action of making something angelic.
When painters were 'angelizing' their subjects, they were literally using visual grammar—wings, light, and symmetry all became a language that said 'this person is special and divine!'
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