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Literalize

Literalize \Lit"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Literalized (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Literalizing (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]*z[i^]ng).] To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.

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literalize

vb. To make literal or prosaic

WordNet
literalize

v. make literal; "literalize metaphors" [syn: literalise] [ant: spiritualize]

Usage examples of "literalize".

Cady literalizes the idea with his ghosts existing alongside the living, but the past is just as tangible a part of Ashland, its echoes informing every aspect of the present.