SPIRITUALIZE

spiritualize. Spiritualize, v.t. to apply to a religious sense

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Spir″it‐u‐al‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spiritualized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spiritualizing (?).] [[Cf. F. spiritualiser.]] 1. 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. 2. 2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; — opposed to literalize.
3. 3. (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.