A.aim at immortality, Pl.Chrm.156d, v.l. in Arist. EN1177b33.
II. trans., deify, D.S.2.20, Vett.Val.150.17; ἑαυτόν Inscr. ap. Str.15.1.73; ἀ. τὴν ψυχήν represent it as immortal, Ascl. in Metaph.90.26; make perpetual, “θεὸς ἀ. τὰ γένη” Ph.1.9; “διὰ τοῦ πυρὸς ἀ. τοῖς θεοῖς τὰς τιμάς” Porph.Abst.2.5:—Pass., become immortal, earn immortality, ψυχαὶ ἀπαθανατιζόμεναι, opp. φθαρτὰ σώματα, Ph.1.427; become a god, D.C.45.7.