Spiritualize

Definition of Spiritualize

Spir´it`u`al`ize

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Spiritualized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiritualizing .] 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.
	2.	To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; - opposed to literalize.
	3.	(Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.

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