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miraculize, v.|mɪˈrækjuːlaɪz|
[f. L. mīrāculum + -ize.]
1. trans. To make miraculous; to consider as miraculous.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. ii. v. 335 You are searching Heaven and Earth for Prodigys, and studying how to miraculize every thing. 1891Max Müller Anthrop. Relig. Pref. (1892) 16 A real historical fact..which from very early days was miraculised and misinterpreted.
2. ? To work upon by miracle. nonce-use.
1751G. Lavington Enthus. Meth. & Papists iii. (1754) 164 Whatever Miracles Mr. Wesley may bring to account; I judge, that I ought to be impartial,..though, in Consequence, I should be miraculized into Dread and Shame. |