Etherealize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Etherealize \E*the"re*al*ize\, v. t.
     1. To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate
        with ether.
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     2. To render ethereal or spiritlike.


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              Etherealized, moreover, by spiritual communications
              with the other world.                 --Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  etherealize
       v : make ethereal [syn: {etherialise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "etherealize":
     adulterate, attenuate, cut, dematerialize, dilute, disembody,
     disincarnate, enervate, expand, idealize, immaterialize, rarefy,
     sap, spiritize, spiritualize, subtilize, thin, thin out,
     unsubstantialize, water, water down, weaken