spiritualize
[spir-i-choo-uh-lahyz]
verb (used with object), spir·it·u·al·ized, spir·it·u·al·iz·ing.
RELATED WORDS
ennoble, acquaint, sophisticate, tame, humanize, refine, idealize, enlighten, advance, educate, edify, elevate, acculturate, enrich, indoctrinate, better, inform, instruct, foster, polish
Also especially British, spir·it·u·al·ise.
Origin of spiritualize
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Examples from the Web for spiritualize
Historical Examples of spiritualize
The absurd extravagance of many attempts to “spiritualize” the latter should not blind us to the truth which they caricature.
The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and PhilemonAlexander Maclaren
Therefore, if our conceptions of God are overwhelmed by what we know of nature, let us seek to enlarge and spiritualize them.
The Book of Isaiah, Volume I (of 2)George Adam Smith
God, as the absolute substance, is the absolute ideality, the infinite power to spiritualize all things.
A History of Philosophy in EpitomeAlbert Schwegler
It requires a vast deal of refinement to spiritualize their large physical endowments.
Our Old Home, Vol. 2Nathaniel Hawthorne
That consciousness tended rather to spiritualize his thought: we may say, it subdued him.
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