transcendentalize

transcendentalize [tran-sen-den-tl-ahyz, -suh n-] Word Origin verb (used with object), tran·scen·den·tal·ized, tran·scen·den·tal·iz·ing.

1. to cause to become transcendent.
2. to cause to become transcendental; idealize.

Also especially British, tran·scen·den·tal·ise. Origin of transcendentalize First recorded in 1840–50; transcendental + -ize Related formstran·scen·den·tal·i·za·tion, noun