UNSENSUALIZE

Etymology

Verb

unsensualize (third-person singular simple present unsensualizes, present participle unsensualizing, simple past and past participle unsensualized)

(transitive) To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.

Hence the soft couch, and many-colour'd robe,
The timbrel and arch'd dome and costly feast,
With all th' inventive arts that nurse the soul
To forms of beauty; and by sensual wants
Unsensualize the mind, which in the Means
Learns to forget the grossness of the End,
Best pleasur'd with its own activity.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*sen"su*al*ize, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + sensualize.]

Definition: To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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