(spiritualize)
1Spiritualize — 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… …
2spiritualize — (Amer.) spir·it·u·al·ize || spɪrɪʃʊlaɪz v. make spiritual; give a spiritual meaning to; purify from the corrupting effects and impacts of the world (also spiritualise) …
3spiritualize — [spir′i cho͞o əl īz΄] vt. spiritualized, spiritualizing 1. to make spiritual; deprive of materiality or worldliness 2. to give a spiritual sense or meaning to spiritualization n …
4spiritualize — spiritual ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or affecting the human spirit as opposed to material or physical things. 2) relating to religion or religious belief. ► NOUN (also negro spiritual) ▪ a religious song of a kind associated with black Christians …
5spiritualize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1631 1. to make spiritual; especially to purify from the corrupting influences of the world 2. to give a spiritual meaning to or understand in a spiritual sense • spiritualization noun …
6spiritualize — spiritualization, n. spiritualizer, n. /spir i chooh euh luyz /, v.t., spiritualized, spiritualizing. 1. to make spiritual. 2. to invest with a spiritual meaning. Also, esp. Brit., spiritualise. [1625 35; SPIRITUAL + IZE] * * * …
7spiritualize — verb To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality …
8spiritualize — Synonyms and related words: attenuate, bolt, clarify, clear, decrassify, dematerialize, depurate, disembody, disincarnate, distill, edulcorate, elute, enervate, essentialize, etherealize, extract, filter, filtrate, idealize, immaterialize,… …
9spiritualize — v. a. Purify, elevate, refine, make spiritual …
10spiritualize — spir·i·tu·al·ize …
