spiritualize

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SPIRITUALIZE, verb intransitive 1. To refine the intellect; to purify from the feculences of the world; as, to spiritualize the soul. 2. In chemistry, to extract spirit from natural bodies. 3. To convert to a spiritual meaning.
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