spiritualize

== English == === Alternative forms === spiritualise === Etymology === From spiritual + -ize. === Verb === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====