supernaturalize

[ soo-per-nach-er-uh-lahyz, -nach-ruh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, su·per·nat·u·ral·ized, su·per·nat·u·ral·iz·ing.

1. to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
2. to consider or interpret as supernatural.

Word History and Origins

Origin of supernaturalize¹

First recorded in 1635–45; supernatural + -ize

Example Sentences

The transition of races; in the future the Saxon will supernaturalize the natural, the Latin-Celts will naturalize the supernatural.

From Project Gutenberg

And the work of man is to supernaturalize Nature—that is to say, to make it divine by making it human, to help it to become conscious of itself, in short.

From Project Gutenberg