spiritualize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
    spiritualise.
  2. verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
    transfigure; glorify.
  3. verb purify from the corrupting influences of the world
    spiritualise.
    • During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized

WordNet

Spir"it*u*al*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. spiritualiser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Spiritualized ; present participle & verbal noun Spiritualizing
Definitions
  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.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.

Webster 1913