to translate
- verb
- /trænˈsleɪt/
- Literature
- His experiences in nature seem to translate his soul into something transcendent and pure.
Examples
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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?
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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.
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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.
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During meditation, she felt her thoughts translate into a higher state of awareness and peace.
Synonyms
To fill someone's heart or mind with spiritual understanding
To make someone or something into a god
To give something a religious meaning or feeling
To give people a strong feeling of spiritual power
To make something feel holy or full of life
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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.