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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

attenuate, bolt, clarify, clear, decrassify, dematerialize, depurate, disembody, disincarnate, distill, edulcorate, elute, enervate, essentialize, etherealize, extract, filter, filtrate, idealize, immaterialize, insubstantialize, leach, lixiviate, percolate, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, sap, screen, separate, sieve, sift, spiritize, strain, sublimate, sublime, subtilize, try, unsubstantialize, weaken, winnow

Dictionary Results for spiritualize:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

spiritualize
    v 1: give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
         [syn: spiritualize, spiritualise] [ant: literalise,
         literalize]
    2: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
       [syn: transfigure, glorify, spiritualize]
    3: purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During
       his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [syn:
       spiritualize, spiritualise]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spiritualize \Spir"it*u*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Spiritualized; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiritualizing.] [Cf. F.
   spiritualiser.]
   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.
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            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.
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   2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual
      sense; -- opposed to literalize.
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   3. (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into,
      or impregnate with, spirit.
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