Found 2 items, similar to spiritualize.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spiritualize
spiritualize
v 1: give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense [syn:
spiritualise] [ant:
literalize]
2: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
[syn:
transfigure,
glorify]
3: purify from the corrupting influences of the world;
“During
his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized” [syn:
spiritualise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spiritualize
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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