mysticize

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verb

To make mystical.

OriginEnglish mystic ← Old French mistique ← Latin mysticus →
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Meanings

verbmysticize (third-person singular simple present mysticizes, present participle mysticizing, simple past and past participle mysticized)

present singular third person mysticizes · participle present mysticizing · participle past mysticized · past mysticized · alternative mysticise

  1. transitiveTo make mystical.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mysticalize

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-ye-
  3. Ancient Greekμῡ́ω (mū́ō)
  4. Ancient Greekμῠέω (mŭéō)
  5. Ancient Greekμῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs)
  6. Ancient Greekμῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)
  7. Latinmysticus
  8. Old Frenchmistique
  9. Englishmystic
  10. Englishmysticize

From mystic + -ize.

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APA

mysticize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mysticize

MLA

“mysticize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mysticize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mysticize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mysticize.

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