'Literalize' definitions:
Definition of 'literalize'
From: WordNet
verb
Make literal; "literalize metaphors" [syn: literalize, literalise] [ant: spiritualise, spiritualize]
Definition of 'Literalize'
From: GCIDE
- Literalize \Lit"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Literalized (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Literalizing (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]*z[i^]ng).] To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture. [1913 Webster]