spiritualize
Origin of spiritualize
1- Also especially British, spir·it·u·al·ise .
Other words from spiritualize
- spir·it·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
- spir·i·tu·al·iz·er, noun
- de·spir·it·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
- de·spir·it·u·al·ize, verb (used with object), de·spir·it·u·al·ized, de·spir·it·u·al·iz·ing.
- re·spir·it·u·al·ize, verb (used with object), re·spir·it·u·al·ized, re·spir·it·u·al·iz·ing.
- un·spir·i·tu·al·ized, adjective
- un·spir·i·tu·al·iz·ing, adjective
Words Nearby spiritualize
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How to use spiritualize in a sentence
He thinks it is a mistake to spiritualize a gun — an inanimate object — and likens his Kimber Micro 9 handgun to the automated external defibrillator that hangs on the church wall.
Taken literally and read with a pure heart, it is eminently fitted to spiritualize the family relations.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 | VariousIt requires a vast deal of refinement to spiritualize their large physical endowments.
Our Old Home, Vol. 2 | Nathaniel HawthorneIllness and solitude had done much to exalt and spiritualize Angus Hamleigh's mind.
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3 | Mary Elizabeth BraddonAnd when a man and a woman reach an altitude where they spiritualize their love, they are in no danger of wearing it out.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 | Elbert Hubbard
Poetry and philosophy were employed by him only to glorify and spiritualize the inheritance of Israel.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) | Heinrich Graetz
British Dictionary definitions for spiritualize
spiritualise
/ (ˈspɪrɪtjʊəˌlaɪz) /
(tr) to make spiritual or infuse with spiritual content
Derived forms of spiritualize
- spiritualization or spiritualisation, noun
- spiritualizer or spiritualiser, noun
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