About The Word Spiritualize
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Spiritualize
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What's The Definition Of Spiritualize?
[v] give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
[v] purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [v] elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration Synonyms | Synonyms for Spiritualize: glorify | spiritualise | spiritualise | transfigure Related Terms | Find terms related to Spiritualize: See Also | alter | change | construe | interpret | purge | purify | sanctify | see Spiritualize In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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.
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