begod

English

Etymology

be- +‎ god

Verb

begod (third-person singular simple present begods, present participle begodding, simple past and past participle begodded)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     And thus by degrees paganism came to be christened into a new name, by their setting up their divi, or begodded tutelar saints, and prosecuting their apotheosis with divine worship.

Anagrams

• 'Bodge, bedog, bodge