spiritualize

spiritualize is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 23 · Words With Friends 26 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.
3. transitive verb. To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
4. verb. purify from the corrupting influences of the world

   "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized"

   Synonyms: spiritualise

5. verb. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

   Synonyms: glorify, transfigure

6. verb. give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense

   Synonyms: spiritualise

Synonyms

spiritualise, glorify, transfigure

Common word forms

spiritualized, spiritualizer, spiritualizes, spiritualizing

Words from these letters

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