Spiritualize

3 definitions found

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiritualize":
     attenuate, bolt, clarify, clear, decrassify, dematerialize,
     depurate, disembody, disincarnate, distill, edulcorate, elute,
     enervate, essentialize, etherealize, extract, filter, filtrate,
     idealize, immaterialize, insubstantialize, leach, lixiviate,
     percolate, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, sap, screen, separate,
     sieve, sift, spiritize, strain, sublimate, sublime, subtilize, try,
     unsubstantialize, weaken, winnow