spiritize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English spiritize From spirit + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To imbue with a spirit or soul.
To spiritize a stone, a block of wood, one must first have believed in a spirit; to have there imprisoned a god, one must have beforehand believed in a divinity.
1893, John Henry Barrows, The World's Parliament of Religions, page 617:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spiritized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spiritized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| spiritizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spiritizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |