\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.