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Definition of Godlike
1. Adjective. Appropriate to or befitting a god. "Man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"
2. Adjective. Being or having the nature of a god. "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"
Definition of Godlike
1. a. Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.
Definition of Godlike
1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of a god. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Godlike
1. divine [adj] - See also: divine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Godlike
Literary usage of Godlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"The godlike hero ceased, and to his car Bade lift the bodies of the slaughter'd
lambs ; Then mounted, gathering to the seat the reins ; With whom Antenor on ..."
2. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"godlike bespeaks its own meaning, as like God, or after the manner ... godlike is
a more expressive, but less common term than divine : the former is used ..."
3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"one another the godlike and the ... higher life in his own individuality and to
a well-defined impression of this individuality refined by a godlike life, ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"With such respect in enter'd Rome they Who ou high chairs the godlike fathers saw.
gaz'd, the Greek; LXIV And now, as where Patroclus' body lay, ..."
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