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spiritualize v. 使成精神上 使成精神上 spiritualize v 1: give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense [ synonym: { spiritualize}, { spiritualise}] [ ant: { literalise}, { literalize}] 2: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ' s transfiguration [ synonym: { transfigure}, { glorify}, { spiritualize}] 3: purify from the corrupting influences of the world; " During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [ synonym: { spiritualize}, { spiritualise}] Spiritualize \ Spir" it* u* al* ize\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Spiritualized}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Spiritualizing}.] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to { literalize}. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. [ 1913 Webster] 42 Moby Thesaurus words for " spiritualize": attenuate, bolt, clarify, clear, decrassify, dematerialize, depurate, disembody, disincarnate, distill, edulcorate, elute, enervate, essentialize, etherealize, extract, filter, filtrate, idealize, immaterialize, insubstantialize, leach, lixiviate, percolate, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, sap, screen, separate, sieve, sift, spiritize, strain, sublimate, sublime, subtilize, try, unsubstantialize, weaken, winnow
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