MYTHOLOGIZE
mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
(verb) make into a myth; “The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66”
mythologize, mythologise
(verb) construct a myth; “The poet mythologized that the King had three sons”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
mythologize (third-person singular simple present mythologizes, present participle mythologizing, simple past and past participle mythologized)
(transitive, now rare) To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. [from 17th c.]
(intransitive) To construct a myth or mythology. [from 17th c.]
(transitive) To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. [from 19th c.]
Hyponyms
• legendrize
Source: Wiktionary
My*thol"o*gize, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. mythologiser.]
1. To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to
write upon myths.
2. To construct and propagate myths.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition