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Webster 1913 Edition

Literalize

Lit′er-al-ize

(lĭt′ẽr-al-īz)

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Literalized

(lĭt′ẽr-al-īzd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Literalizing

(lĭt′ẽr-al-ī-zĭng)

.]

To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; – opposed to

spiritualize

;

as, to

literalize

Scripture

.