01 v. t. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; a…
imp. & p. p.
Spiritualized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiritualizing
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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.“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.
To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.(Old Chem.)