spiritualize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
Types & categories
- interpret hypernym
Related & opposite
- literalize antonym
- spiritualization derivation
Sense 2 verb
elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- transfiguration derivation
- Transfiguration of Jesus derivation
- Transfiguration derivation
Sense 3 verb
purify from the corrupting influences of the world
During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized
Types & categories
- purify hypernym
Related & opposite
- spiritualization derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | literalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritualization |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | interpret |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transfiguration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | Transfiguration of Jesus |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | Transfiguration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritualization |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | purify |