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Dryden, Æneid. godhood (god'hud), n. [ Woodst thou have godhood? I will translate this beauty to the spheres, Where thou shalt shine the brightest star in heaven. Heywood , Silver Age, Dryden. IMG:content-2471.png:[blocks in formation] godle ne (god'les-nes), n. quality of being godle , impious, or irreligious. The sinner gives himself over to a wild and loose pro Bp . Hall , Remains, p. 87. fanene , to a lawle course of godle ne . godlike (god'lik), a . [ god1 + like . Cf. godly ,a.] Like God or a god in any respect; of divine quality; partaking of or exercising divine attributes; supremely excellent. Sure, he that made us gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unus'd. Shak ., Hamlet, iv. 4. The most godlike impersonality men know is the sun. T. Winthrop , Canoe and Saddle, v. godlikene (god'lik-nes), n . The state of being godlike. godlily (god'li-li), adv . In a godly manner; piously; righteously. Requiring of him [Calvin] that by his grave councill and godly exhortation he would animate her majesty constantly to follow that which godlily she had begun.