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Webster 1913 Edition
Spiritualize
Spir′it-u-al-ize
,Verb.
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
soulThis 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.
2.
To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; – opposed to
literalize
. 3.
(Old Chem.)
To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spiritualize
SPIRITUALIZE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To refine the intellect; to purify from the feculences of the world; as, to spiritualize the soul.2.
In chemistry, to extract spirit from natural bodies.3.
To convert to a spiritual meaning.Definition 2024
spiritualize
spiritualize
English
Verb
spiritualize (third-person singular simple present spiritualizes, present participle spiritualizing, simple past and past participle spiritualized)
- To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
- To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.
- Carlyle
- 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
- To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.
- (chemistry, obsolete) To extract spirit.
- (chemistry, obsolete) To convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Translations
to make spiritual
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to refine intellectually or morally
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to give spiritual meaning to
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