stellify

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Definition of stellify in English English dictionary

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.

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

By the 'hissing snake' Spenser presumably means the scorpion sent by Diana that killed Orion. Like Orion it, too, was stellified. But since, as Scorpio, it rises in the east as Orion's sign sets in the west, the two were regarded as being kept forever apart, Orion perpetually avoiding in the heavens his vanquisher on earth.

To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven

Hyphenation

stel·li·fy

Etymology

() From Middle English stellifien, from Middle French stellifier, from Middle Latin stellificare, itself from Latin stella (“star”) + faciō (“make, do”).

Tenses

stellifying, stellified