stellify

verb
/ˈstɛl.ɪ.faɪ/UK

Etymology

From Middle English stellifien (“to make into a star; glorify, deify”), from Middle French stellifier, from Medieval Latin stellificāre, itself from Latin stella (“star”) + faciō (“make, do”).

  1. derived from stella — “star
  2. derived from stellificāre
  3. derived from stellifier
  4. inherited from stellifien — “to make into a star; glorify, deify

Definitions

  1. To transform from an earthly body into a celestial body

    To transform from an earthly body into a celestial body; to place in the sky as such

    • In Classical mythology, being stellified was about the greatest posthumous honor for a mortal.
  2. To turn into a star.

    • An alternative way to stellify the planet may be to not collapse Jupiter, but instead to introduce a collapsed object into its core.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA