supernaturalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
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to consider or interpret as supernatural.
Etymology
Origin of supernaturalize
First recorded in 1635–45; supernatural + -ize
Example Sentences
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And the work of man is to supernaturalize Nature—that is to say, to make it divine by making it human, to help it to become conscious of itself, in short.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
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