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使成精神上
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spiritualize \Spir"it*u*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Spiritualized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiritualizing}.] [Cf. F.
spiritualiser.]
1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the
corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual
character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.
This seen in the clear air, and the whole
spiritualized by endless recollections, fills the
eye and the heart more forcibly than I can find
words to say. --Carlyle.
2. To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual
sense; -- opposed to {literalize}.
3. (Old Chem.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into,
or impregnate with, spirit.
資料來源 : WordNet®
spiritualize
v 1: give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense [syn:
{spiritualise}] [ant: {literalize}]
2: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
[syn: {transfigure}, {glorify}]
3: purify from the corrupting influences of the world; "During
his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized" [syn: {spiritualise}]