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spiritualize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
spir-i-tu-al-ize
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.

verb

To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.

verb

To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; opposed to literalize.

verb

To extract spirit.

Obsolete

verb

To convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English spiritualize From spiritual + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spiritualizes (present, singular) spiritualizing (participle, present) spiritualized (participle, past) spiritualized (past) spiritualise (alternative)

Derived Forms

despiritualize respiritualize spiritualizer unspiritualize

Synonyms

spiritualise transfigure glorify

Questions

What does spiritualize mean?
To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality.
Where does spiritualize come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English spiritualize From spiritual + -ize.

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