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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize. [1913 Webster] 3. (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. [1913 Webster]