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MYTHOLOGISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mythologise ... he / she / it mythologises
Past simple: mythologised
-ing form: mythologising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66
Synonyms:
mythicise; mythicize; mythologise; mythologize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "mythologise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
mythologisation (the restatement of a message as a myth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
The poet mythologized that the King had three sons
Synonyms:
mythologise; mythologize
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "mythologise" is one way to...):
cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something