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English Dictionary: literalize by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
literalize
v
  1. make literal; "literalize metaphors" [syn: literalize, literalise]
    Antonym(s): spiritualise, spiritualize
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Literalize \Lit"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Literalized};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Literalizing}.]
      To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to
      the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to
      {spiritualize}; as, to literalize Scripture.
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