'Spiritualize' definitions:
Definition of 'spiritualize'
From: WordNet
verb
Give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense [syn: spiritualize, spiritualise] [ant: literalise, literalize]
verb
Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration [syn: transfigure, glorify, spiritualize]
verb
Purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [syn: spiritualize, spiritualise]
Definition of 'Spiritualize'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'spiritualize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Spiritualize'
- Spiritual,
- Spiritualism,
- Spiritualities,
- Spirituality,
- Spiritualization,
- Spiritualized,
- Spiritualizer,
- Spiritualizing,
- Spiritually,
- Spiritualness,
- Spirituous,
- Spirituousness,
- spiritual being,
- Lords spiritual,
- Spiritual coadjuctor,
- Spiritual court,
- Spiritual death,
- Spiritual father,
- Spiritual incest,
- Spiritual peers,
- gifts spiritual,
- spiritual bouquet,
- spiritual domain,
- spiritual jewel,
- spiritual leader,
- spiritual rebirth,
- spiritual world,
- Spiritual-minded,
- Spiritual-mindedness