phantomize
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phantomize (third-person singular simple present phantomizes, present participle phantomizing, simple past and past participle phantomized)
- (transitive, dated, derogatory) To make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.
- 1883, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Sermons of Rev. C. H. Spurgeon of London, page 488:
- Do not phantomize the Redeemer when you want him in very deed.
- (transitive, sciences) To remove (a goal in a model) from consideration by ensuring it is achieved in advance.