supernaturalizev.
/ˌsuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlʌɪz/, /ˌsjuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlʌɪz/, /ˌsuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ʌɪz/, /ˌsjuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈˌsupərˈnætʃ(ə)rəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To make supernatural; to impart or attribute a supernatural character to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > [verb (transitive)]
supernaturalizea1670
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 428 None of the living would serve the turn to appear with him in Majesty, they were not supernaturalized to undergo it.
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 458 His Humanity is Supernaturaliz'd, and elevated by the activity of the Holy Ghost.
1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 403 No barbarian ever deified, or supernaturalized, every process around him.
1867 Dublin Rev. Apr. 282 The office of Grace, in supernaturalizing the soul and human action.
1926 Times 7 Oct. 7/2 The Church existed to redeem society..to supernaturalize all human motive.
1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Jan. 42/3 The ‘biographer's licence’..in heightening, supernaturalizing or exaggerating reports of real events.
2002 N. Isaacson in K. A. Cerulo Culture in Mind ii. v. 94 The metaphor of the miracle..helps naturalize or perhaps supernaturalize the premature infant.
Derivatives
superˈnaturalized adj.
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the world > the supernatural > [adjective] > made supernatural
supernaturalized1857
1857 O. A. Brownson Convert xix. 410 A supernaturalized life, constituting a new, supernaturalized or regenerated humanity.
1936 E. Underhill Worship iii. 44 Its possibilities [sc. those of sacramentalism] have never been exhausted by the most supernaturalized of saints.
2005 D. Schmid Natural Born Celebrities iv. 160 The supernatural elements of these dramas become important, and in particular the use they make of supernaturalized serial killers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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