To make into a god; to deify or treat as divine; to raise to godlike status.
From 'god' plus the suffix '-ize' (from Greek -izein, to cause to be or act like). The -ize suffix creates verbs meaning to make, cause to be, or treat as, seen in words like 'idolize,' 'realize,' and 'organize.'
The -ize suffix is so productive in English that we can apply it to almost any noun—'goddize' feels like it should be a real word even though it's rare, showing how our suffix system lets us create meaning even with unfamiliar constructions.
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