Canonize: Definition and part of speech

Canonize

  1. v. t. To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.
  2. v. t. To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.
  3. v. t. To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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