spiritualize

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}]
    

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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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiritualize":
      attenuate, bolt, clarify, clear, decrassify, dematerialize,
      depurate, disembody, disincarnate, distill, edulcorate, elute,
      enervate, essentialize, etherealize, extract, filter, filtrate,
      idealize, immaterialize, insubstantialize, leach, lixiviate,
      percolate, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, sap, screen, separate,
      sieve, sift, spiritize, strain, sublimate, sublime, subtilize, try,
      unsubstantialize, weaken, winnow