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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To turn (a person or an event) into myth.
  • transitive verb To interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology.

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  • verb To make something into a myth
  • verb To interpret something in terms of mythology

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology
  • verb make into a myth

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