spiritualize, spiritualise
(verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world; “During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized”
transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
(verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ’s transfiguration
spiritualize, spiritualise
(verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spiritualize (third-person singular simple present spiritualizes, present participle spiritualizing, simple past and past participle spiritualized)
To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.
To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.
(chemistry, obsolete) To extract spirit.
(chemistry, obsolete) To convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Source: Wiktionary
Spir"it*u*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spiritualized; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiritualizing.] Etym: [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. 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.)
Definition: To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
