Spiritualize

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
  2. 2
    purify from the corrupting influences of the world wordnet
  3. 3
    To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.

    "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."

  4. 4
    elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration wordnet
  5. 5
    To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.
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  1. 6
    give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense wordnet
  2. 7
    To extract spirit. obsolete
  3. 8
    To convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. obsolete

Synonyms

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attenuateboltclarifycleardecrassifydematerialize

Example

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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."

Etymology

From spiritual + -ize.

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