miraculize
English
editVerb
editmiraculize (third-person singular simple present miraculizes, present participle miraculizing, simple past and past participle miraculized)
- (rare, transitive) To cause to seem to be a miracle; to make look miraculous
- 1711, [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury], Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times:
- whilst you are searching heaven and earth for prodigies, and studying how to miraculize every thing, you bring confusion on the world
References
edit- “miraculize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.