Spir'it-ū-al-ize, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. SPIRITUALIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. SPIRITUALIZING.] [Fr. spiritualiser, It. spiritualizzare, Sp. espiritualizar.]
Sense 1. To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the feculences of the world; as, to spiritualize the soul.
Sense 2. To imbue with spirituality or life.
This seen in the clear air, and the whole spiritualized by endless recollections, fills the eye and the heart more forcibly than I can express. Carlyle.
Sense 3. To convert to a spiritual meaning.
Sense 4. (Chem.) (a.) To extract spirit from, as certain natural bodies. (b.) To convert into spirit, or to impart the properties of spirit to.