spiritualize
v . 使成精神上
使成精神上
spiritualize v 1 :
give a spiritual meaning to ;
read in a spiritual sense [
synonym : {
spiritualize }, {
spiritualise }] [
ant : {
literalise },
{
literalize }]
2 :
elevate or idealize ,
in allusion to Christ '
s transfiguration [
synonym : {
transfigure }, {
glorify }, {
spiritualize }]
3 :
purify from the corrupting influences of the world ; "
During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized " [
synonym :
{
spiritualize }, {
spiritualise }]
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Spiritualizing }.] [
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spiritualiser .]
1 .
To refine intellectiually or morally ;
to purify from the corrupting influence of the world ;
to give a spiritual character or tendency to ;
as ,
to spiritualize soul .
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This seen in the clear air ,
and the whole spiritualized by endless recollections ,
fills the eye and the heart more forcibly than I can find words to say . --
Carlyle .
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2 .
To give a spiritual meaning to ;
to take in a spiritual sense ; --
opposed to {
literalize }.
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3 . (
Old Chem .)
To extract spirit from ;
also ,
to convert into ,
or impregnate with ,
spirit .
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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "
spiritualize ":
attenuate ,
bolt ,
clarify ,
clear ,
decrassify ,
dematerialize ,
depurate ,
disembody ,
disincarnate ,
distill ,
edulcorate ,
elute ,
enervate ,
essentialize ,
etherealize ,
extract ,
filter ,
filtrate ,
idealize ,
immaterialize ,
insubstantialize ,
leach ,
lixiviate ,
percolate ,
purify ,
rarefy ,
rectify ,
refine ,
sap ,
screen ,
separate ,
sieve ,
sift ,
spiritize ,
strain ,
sublimate ,
sublime ,
subtilize ,
try ,
unsubstantialize ,
weaken ,
winnow
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