v. [f. Gr. ἄθε-ος (see ATHEAL) + -IZE.]

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  1.  intr. To speak, write or act as an atheist.

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1678.  Cudworth, Intell. Syst., 23. Empedocles Atheized in the same manner that Democritus did.

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  2.  trans. To render atheistic or godless; to make an atheist of. Hence: Atheized ppl. a.

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1678.  Cudworth, Intell. Syst., 59. The Atheized and Adulterated Atomology.

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a. 1711.  Ken, Hymnotheo, Wks. 1721, III. 63. Lewd Company … by impious Talk his Spirit atheize.

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1865.  Grosart, Palmer’s Mem., Introd. 2. Who … have sought to atheize England’s Second Thinker [Bacon].

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