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to spiritize

to spiritize

9.9
To make something feel holy or full of life
  • verb
  • /ˈspɪrɪtaɪz/
  • Archaic
translation icon : espiritualizar
  • Through music and prayer, the ceremony seeks to spiritize the community.

Examples

  • The artist spiritized the painting with vibrant colors.

  • He hoped to spiritize his writing to reach a more profound truth.

  • The ritual was meant to spiritize the empty hall with ancestral energy.

  • They spiritize their music with deep emotions.

  • The ritual was meant to spiritize the empty hall with ancestral energy.

  • Through music and prayer, the ceremony seeks to spiritize the community.

  • He hoped to spiritize his writing to reach a more profound truth.

Synonyms

to imbue
vsto spiritize
22 6.9

To fill a person or thing with a particular quality

specifies that the quality is spiritual rather than any general one
to spirit
vsto spiritize
1 6.8

To make someone feel lively, brave, or full of energy

means a spiritual quality, not merely lively or brave feeling
to spiritualize
vsto spiritize
1 8.0

To give something a religious meaning or feeling

adds spiritual quality rather than focusing on explicit spiritual meaning
to ensoul
vsto spiritize
1 9.9

To give an inner life to a person or thing

emphasizes spiritual quality rather than granting an actual soul
to pneumatize
vsto spiritize
  • Formal
9.9

To give people a strong feeling of spiritual power

imbues with a spiritual quality more generally than religious power

How Spiritual

to consecrate
  • Formal
33 7.4
to spiritize
  • Archaic
9.9
to inspire
837 3.2
to impart
17 4.8

Surface Forms

spiritize infinitive
spiritized past
spiritized past participle
spiritizing present participle
spiritizes third person singular

Morphology

spiritize = spirit (transparent) = spirit + ize

Formed by the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' added to the noun 'spirit', yielding a directly derivable meaning 'to imbue with spirit'.

Etymology

Spiritize comes from the common word spirit, meaning 'soul' or 'energy', and the verb ending -ize, which means 'to make', as in energize. So to spiritize something is to 'make' it full of spirit or give it a spiritual quality.