Spiritualize

[spiritjuәlaiz]

Definition

(verb.) purify from the corrupting influences of the world; 'During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized'.

(verb.) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense.

Typed by Laverne--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(v. t.) To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.

(v. t.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.

Typed by Alice

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Purify, elevate, refine, make spiritual.

Edited by Alison