Spiritualize
Pronunciation : Spir"it*u*al*ize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. spiritualiser.]
Definition : 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. 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.
2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.
3. (Old Chem.)
Defn: To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
t. [imp. & p. p. Spiritualized; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiritualizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913