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spiritualize (encz) | spiritualize, v: |
Spiritualize (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.
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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.
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2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual
sense; -- opposed to literalize.
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3. (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into,
or impregnate with, spirit.
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spiritualize (wn) | spiritualize
v 1: give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
[syn: spiritualize, spiritualise] [ant: literalise,
literalize]
2: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
[syn: transfigure, glorify, spiritualize]
3: purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During
his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [syn:
spiritualize, spiritualise] |
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spiritualize (encz) | spiritualize, v: |
spiritualized (encz) | spiritualized, |
Spiritualized (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.
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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.
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2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual
sense; -- opposed to literalize.
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3. (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into,
or impregnate with, spirit.
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Spiritualizer (gcide) | Spiritualizer \Spir"it*u*al*i`zer\, n.
One who spiritualizes.
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spiritualize (wn) | spiritualize
v 1: give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
[syn: spiritualize, spiritualise] [ant: literalise,
literalize]
2: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
[syn: transfigure, glorify, spiritualize]
3: purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During
his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [syn:
spiritualize, spiritualise] |
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