To make something esoteric or mysterious; to teach or explain something in a way that is only understood by those with specialized knowledge.
From 'esoteric' + '-ize' (verb-forming suffix meaning to make or cause). The '-ize' suffix is productive in English for creating verbs from adjectives.
When professors esoterize their subject matter, they sometimes hide simple ideas behind complex jargon—but good scholars esoterize deliberately to lead students through increasingly sophisticated levels of understanding, like building blocks of knowledge.
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