Spiritualizing

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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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