verb
Other Word Forms
- despiritualization noun
- despiritualize verb (used with object)
- respiritualize verb (used with object)
- spiritualization noun
- spiritualizer noun
- unspiritualized adjective
- unspiritualizing adjective
Etymology
Origin of spiritualize
Example Sentences
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Though I admit, I myself am tempted to spiritualize decomposition.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2018
She frenetically tries to spiritualize materialism�to set up a kind of materialist morality in which "money is the root of all good" because it stands for man's creativity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The monk Athenaय perceives in a vision that his mission is to spiritualize Thaïs, to make her the bride of Christ.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a country without antique monuments, the image of Arcadia serves to spiritualize the past.
From Time Magazine Archive
Remember the readiness which he always showed to spiritualize every occurrence.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
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