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English Dictionary: spiritualize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spiritualize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spiritualize v give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense Synonym(s): spiritualize, spiritualise Antonym(s): literalise, literalize elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration Synonym(s): transfigure, glorify, spiritualize purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" Synonym(s): spiritualize, spiritualise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spiritualize \Spir"itualize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spiritualized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiritualizing}.] [Cf. F. spiritualiser.] 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize* soul. This seen in the clear air, and the whole spiritualized by endless recollections, fills the eye and the heart more forcibly than I can find words to say. --Carlyle. 2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to {literalize}. 3. (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.