释义 |
ˈphantomize, v. rare. [f. as prec. + -ize.] trans. lit. To make a phantom of, reduce to a phantom; in quots. used polemically for, To explain away by interpreting in a ‘spiritual’ or figurative sense. Hence ˈphantomizer.
1860Wolff Trav. & Adv. I. xii. 377 The system of interpreting..unfulfilled prophecy in a phantomizing, or, what is commonly called spiritual manner. Ibid. 379 Against the spiritual interpreters, that is, the phantomizers, of the 3rd and 4th verses. Ibid. II. 121 Christians who phantomize the clear sense of prophecy. |