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to translate

to translate

5 9.1
Move someone into a higher spiritual state
  • verb
  • /trænˈsleɪt/
  • Literature
translation icon : transportar
  • His experiences in nature seem to translate his soul into something transcendent and pure.

Examples

  • Then she stepped through the veil, as if she were herself translated into water, and disappeared into the tumbling light.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Later, his martyrdom shapes her flesh when his Passion is translated into her compassion.

    Academic text (2006)
  • So it starts to, I think translate, at least for me, that this starts to become sort of this, this spiritual issue, right?

  • Paul said believers have been "translated" into his kingdom.

    Blog text (34)
  • So we start off by talking about real spiritual being uses the term real there Gaistiga these and and we could translate that as essence if we wanted.

  • If the believers are translated when Jesus Christ returns, then that leaves only the unbelievers left on earth alive.

    Blog text (2)
  • All the saints, those whose relics were present and about to be ceremonially translated when Aelred was preaching and those whose relics were elsewhere, worked the miracle.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In his ardor, Fermín unwittingly translates spiritual authority into the more prosaic passion for temporal domination.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The artist's vision could translate the deepest emotions into a divine experience for the audience.

  • During meditation, she felt her thoughts translate into a higher state of awareness and peace.

Synonyms

to irradiate
vsto translate
  • Literature
1 9.9

To fill someone's heart or mind with spiritual understanding

focuses on creating an elevated spiritual state, not only giving insight
to divinize
vsto translate
  • Formal
1 9.9

To make someone or something into a god

aims to bring about a high spiritual state without making someone divine
to spiritualize
vsto translate
1 8.0

To give something a religious meaning or feeling

is used to change meaning or make things more spiritually framed rather than transform people
to pneumatize
vsto translate
  • Formal
9.9

To give people a strong feeling of spiritual power

seeks to produce a distinct elevated spiritual state rather than mere infusion
to spiritize
vsto translate
  • Archaic
9.9

To make something feel holy or full of life

causes people to reach a specific transcendent spiritual state rather than mild influence

How Elevated

to translate
  • Literature
5 9.1
to inspire
837 3.2
to uplift
23 3.2

Surface Forms

translate infinitive
translated past
translated past participle
translating present participle
translates third person singular

Etymology

Translate comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and latus 'carried'. A helpful way to imagine the spiritual use is being 'carried across' from the ordinary world into a higher state, which is why writers say someone was translated to a new realm.