Found 2 items, similar to Literalize.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: literalize
literalize
v : make literal;
“literalize metaphors” [syn:
literalise]
[ant:
spiritualize]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Literalize
Literalize
\Lit"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t.
[imp. & p. p.
Literalized (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]zd); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Literalizing
(l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]*z[i^]ng).]
To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to
the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to
spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.
[1913 Webster]