spiritualize

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize. Source: opted

3. v. t. To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. Source: opted

4. v. give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense Source: wordnet

5. v. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration Source: wordnet

6. v. purify from the corrupting influences of the world Source: wordnet

7. 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. 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. 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. Source: webster

8. To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnatewith, spirit. Source: adambom

9. v. give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense v. purify from the corrupting influences of the world Source: ecdict

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