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Verb: mythicize  'mi-thi`sIz
  1. Interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology
    "mythicize the ancient stories"
    - mythicise [Brit]
     
  2. Make into a myth
    "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"
    - mythologize, mythologise [Brit], mythicise [Brit]

Derived forms: mythicized, mythicizes, mythicizing

Type of: alter, change, construe, interpret, modify, see

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