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

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etherealize etherealized etherealizing

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

Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual, the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses of life.—Beecher.

From Pearls of Thought by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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

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

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

They were etherealized through delicate pastels, and while Brundage created images to appeal to the male gaze, she also could portray women as purposeful agents rather than passive victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Patrick O'Neal's Shannon seems half eaten away by the termites of moral corruption, and Margaret Leighton's Hannah is an etherealized vision of grace and gravity.

From Time Magazine Archive

It would alter abstract painting itself, since his preoccupation with surge and flow got across to Pollock and, much etherealized, led to Pollock's invention of "all-over" abstraction.

From Time Magazine Archive

The far more important part of the indivisible phrase 'war peace aims' is still etherealized in the Atlantic Charter.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is dreamland, painted in the imagination’s most delicate tints; it is color etherealized.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof

While the paintings represent chic, modern women who belong to a world of elegance and luxury, they also have the effect of exoticizing and etherealizing their subjects.

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2016

Much as he might have liked to strip down to bare revelations, Meredith, a tailor's son to the end, settled for a costume change, etherealizing passion and abstracting love into a distant, chaste project.

From Time Magazine Archive

The moon, nearly full, had risen in the gap of the Highlands, and had now climbed well above the mountains, softening and etherealizing them until every harsh, rugged outline was lost.

From Nature's Serial Story by Roe, Edward Payson

It has been said, consumption sublimates the mind, stealing from the body, etherealizing and intensifying the intellect.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

A conflagration raging near now began to flame so high that its lights flickered on the girl's face, etherealizing its beauty, and turning her fluffy hair to gold.

From The Earth Trembled by Roe, Edward Payson