Cabbalize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To study or be influenced by the Kabbalah.
"The most direct derivation is from Serap, to burn, whence Seraph; since Serapis was so represented; and since it is evident that Moses cabbalized in translating names, he may have done so here ; and if this, meaning a column of measured time, evince connexion with the pyramid, the name Boore-Muth, a cavern or well of Pluto, is a no less weighty than curious derivation."
- 2 To interpret in a mystical and esoteric manner. broadly
"The great value of Bloom's work is its emphasis on a psychoanalytic perspective, however gnostified, mystified, cabbalized that perspective may be."
Example
More examples"The most direct derivation is from Serap, to burn, whence Seraph; since Serapis was so represented; and since it is evident that Moses cabbalized in translating names, he may have done so here ; and if this, meaning a column of measured time, evince connexion with the pyramid, the name Boore-Muth, a cavern or well of Pluto, is a no less weighty than curious derivation."
Etymology
From cabbala + -ize.
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