Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPIR'IT-U-AL-IZE
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SPIR'IT-U-AL-IZE, v.i. [Fr. spiritualiser, to extract spirit from mixed bodies.]
- To refine the intellect; to purify from the feculences of the world; as, to spiritualize the soul. Hammond.
- In chimistry, to extract spirit from natural bodies.
- To convert to a spiritual meaning.
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