legendize

leg·end·ize

[lej-uhn-dahyz]
verb (used with object), leg·end·ized, leg·end·iz·ing.
to make a legend of: Devoted followers legendized his honesty.
Also, especially British, leg·end·ise.


Origin:
1885–90; legend + -ize

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