Past tense of apotheosise; elevated to divine status or the highest degree of achievement.
From apotheosise with the past tense '-ed' ending, maintaining the British spelling convention with '-ise-' rather than '-ize-'.
When critics apotheosised certain artists, they were saying their work had reached a god-like status—but over time, many of these 'divine' figures fell from grace as tastes changed.
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