supernaturalize

supernaturalize
/sooh'peuhr nach"euhr euh luyz', -nach"reuh luyz'/, v.t., supernaturalized, supernaturalizing.
1. to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
2. to consider or interpret as supernatural.
Also, esp. Brit., supernaturalise.
[1635-45; SUPERNATURAL + -IZE]

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