mysticize

American  

[mis-tuh-sahyz] / ˈmɪs təˌsaɪz /

especially British, mysticise

verb (used with object)

mysticized, mysticizing

1. to make mystical; give mystical meaning to.

   to mysticize natural phenomena.

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verb (used without object)

mysticized, mysticizing

1. to speak or write on mystical subjects.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unmysticize
  verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of mysticize

First recorded in 1670–80; mystic + -ize

Example Sentences

Had he been disposed to mysticize and to shroud himself in "impenetrable darkness," he would have found it difficult to indulge that propensity in French.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various