Word Meaning

spiritualize definition and meaning

v. t. 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.
v. t. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.
v. t. To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.