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my⋅thol⋅o⋅gize

  [mi-thol-uh-jahyz] verb, -gized, -giz⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to classify, explain, or write about myths.
2. to construct or narrate myths.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make into or explain as a myth; make mythical.
Also, especially British, my⋅thol⋅o⋅gise.

Origin:
1595–1605; mytholog(y) + -ize; cf. F mythologiser

Related forms:
my⋅thol⋅o⋅gi⋅za⋅tion, noun
my⋅thol⋅o⋅giz⋅er, noun
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mythologise

verb
1. construct a myth; "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons" [syn: mythologize] 
2. make into a myth; "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66" [syn: mythologize] [ant: demythologise] 
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