WordNet
spiritualise
v. give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense [syn: spiritualize] [ant: literalize]
purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [syn: spiritualize]
Usage examples of "spiritualise".
This process, for aught we know, may belong to the great system of human progress, which, with every ascending footstep, as it diminishes the necessity for animal force, may be destined gradually to spiritualise us, by refining away our grosser attributes of body.