Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Spiritualize \Spir"it*u*al*ize\, 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.
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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.
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2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual
sense; -- opposed to {literalize}.
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3. (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into,
or impregnate with, spirit.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spiritualize
v 1: give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
[syn: {spiritualize}, {spiritualise}] [ant: {literalise},
{literalize}]
2: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
[syn: {transfigure}, {glorify}, {spiritualize}]
3: purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During
his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [syn:
{spiritualize}, {spiritualise}]
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