Hypertext Webster Gateway: "godlike"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Godlike \God"like`\, a. [God + like. Cf. {Godly}.]
Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence,
preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- {God"like`ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

godlike
adj 1: appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of
Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play
God for he has acquired certain godlike
powers"-R.H.Roveref [syn: {divine}]
2: being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing
the divine king upon any serious failure of
his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine
capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to
create"-J.G.Saxe [syn: {divine}]


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