etherealize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to make or regard as being ethereal
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to add ether to or make into ether or something resembling ether
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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
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
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
He was not enough of an idealist to etherealize her.
From A Yankee from the West A Novel by Read, Opie Percival
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
The far more important part of the indivisible phrase 'war peace aims' is still etherealized in the Atlantic Charter.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the time Gabriel Pascal saw her, plain living and plenty of walking had etherealized the dumpling to that lithe spirit which Pascal singled out.
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
Gerald drew from the folio a woman's face—the face that Edward had shown, but idealized and etherealized.
From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell
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
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
They appealed to the spirit of St Paul; he answered that Augustine had saved that spirit from etherealizing away, by coupling it with a high sacramental theory of the Church.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Her soul seemed to be flashing through the rare loveliness of her face and etherealizing its beauty.
From Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted by Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins
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