Verb

• S: (v) spiritualize, spiritualise (give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) interpret, construe, see (make sense of; assign a meaning to) "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) spiritualization [Related to: spiritualize] (the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content)
• W: (n) spiritualisation [Related to: spiritualise] (the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content)
• sentence frame
• S: (v) spiritualize, spiritualise (purify from the corrupting influences of the world) "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) purify, purge, sanctify (make pure or free from sin or guilt) "he left the monastery purified"
• S: (v) spiritualize, spiritualise (purify from the corrupting influences of the world) "During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized"
• S: (v) lustrate (purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials)
• derivationally related form
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