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

• 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

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

Study Perugino and Raphael, see how they raise human nature and etherealize it till we see the divinity of soul in the faces of their saints and martyrs.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora

At midnight few scenes could be more calm and beautiful, so tenderly did the light of the moon soften and etherealize everything.

From His Sombre Rivals by Roe, Edward Payson