legendizev.
/ˈlɛdʒ(ə)ndʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈlɛdʒənˌdaɪz/ transitive. To turn into, or make the subject of, a legend. Also occasionally: to provide or inscribe with a legend (legend n. 5a).
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1859 Knickerbocker Oct. 357 Mr. Irving thus legendizes the story, in ‘The Doleful Disaster of Antony the Trumpeter’.
1882 Sanitarian Jan. 30 She was legendized as the daughter of Æsculapius, the god of medicine, and was worshiped with him.
1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Legendize, to affix a legend to; inscribe with a legend.
1962 Jrnl. Bible & Relig. 30 136/2 The writer accepts the historicity of the patriarchal accounts, although he admits that the material may have been ‘legendized’ a bit.
2002 H. W. Y. Yeung in K. Chan Lau & P. Cunich Impossible Dream 161 Students reinterpreted and legendized old elements of undergraduate culture, some of which were actually morally dubious and harmful to the University's reputation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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