spiritualize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual 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 spiritualize From spiritual + -ize.
Meanings
- To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
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To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.
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.
1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
- To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.
- (obsolete) To extract spirit.
- (obsolete) To convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spiritualise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| spiritualizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| spiritualizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spiritualized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spiritualized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unspiritualize · respiritualize · despiritualize · spiritualizer
Translations (10)
fi henkistää (to make spiritual) · pt espiritualizar (to give spiritual meaning to) · fi henkistää (to give spiritual meaning to) · da åndeliggøre (to make spiritual) · pt espiritualizar (to make spiritual) · fi hengellistää (to make spiritual) · fr spiritualiser (to make spiritual) · pt espiritualizar (to refine intellectually or morally) · fi hengellistää (to give spiritual meaning to) · fi henkistää (to refine intellectually or morally)