Associations to the word «Spiritualize»
Wiktionary
SPIRITUALIZE, verb. To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
SPIRITUALIZE, verb. To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.
SPIRITUALIZE, verb. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.
SPIRITUALIZE, verb. (chemistry) (obsolete) To extract spirit.
SPIRITUALIZE, verb. (chemistry) (obsolete) To convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Dictionary definition
SPIRITUALIZE, verb. Give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense.
SPIRITUALIZE, verb. Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration.
SPIRITUALIZE, verb. Purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized".
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.