SPIRITUALIZING
Verb
spiritualizing
present participle of spiritualize
Source: Wiktionary
SPIRITUALIZE
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