LITERALIZE

literalize, literalise

(verb) make literal; “literalize metaphors”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

literalize (third-person singular simple present literalizes, present participle literalizing, simple past and past participle literalized)

To make literal or prosaic

Anagrams

• alliterize

Source: Wiktionary


Lit"er*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Literalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Literalizing.]

Definition: To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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