etherealize

American  

[ih-theer-ee-uh-lahyz] / ɪˈθɪər i əˌlaɪz /

especially British, etherealise

verb (used with object)

etherealized, etherealizing

1. to make ethereal.

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etherealize British  

/ ɪˈθɪərɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make or regard as being ethereal

2. to add ether to or make into ether or something resembling ether

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• etherealization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of etherealize

First recorded in 1820–30; ethereal + -ize

Example Sentences

Since not even camera magic can etherealize perdurable Angel MacDonald, this is one dream to stump Freud�especially when DreamerEddy takes his Angel for a dream honeymoon in Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

All nature glowed with sudden, roseate light; The waves of ocean, mountains, forests dim, The waterfall, the flower, the clinging moss, Were woven in types of purity and peace, To etherealize and beautify thy love.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Angels, as some represent them, even in whole lengths, are by anatomists regarded as monsters; but what then are the chubby winged heads without bodies, with which some artists etherealize their works.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828 by Various

We shall not have to wait long for the answer to a question which has stirred the heart of mankind to its foundations—can Women etherealize society?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 by Various

She would seek to improve on Nature's handiwork; she would etherealize it, make it so dainty that it would become poetry instead of the beautiful plain language the universal mother sometimes speaks.

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George