literalize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

literalize
    v 1: make literal; "literalize metaphors" [syn: {literalize},
         {literalise}] [ant: {spiritualise}, {spiritualize}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Literalize \Lit"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t.
   [imp. & p. p. {Literalized} (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]zd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Literalizing}
   (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]*z[i^]ng).]
   To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to
   the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to
   {spiritualize}; as, to literalize Scripture.
   [1913 Webster]