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. [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] 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
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