"spiritize" meaning in English

See spiritize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: spiritizes [present, singular, third-person], spiritizing [participle, present], spiritized [participle, past], spiritized [past]
Etymology: spirit + -ize Etymology templates: {{suf|en|spirit|ize}} spirit + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} spiritize (third-person singular simple present spiritizes, present participle spiritizing, simple past and past participle spiritized)
  1. (transitive) To imbue with a spirit or soul. Tags: transitive Related terms: spiritualize
    Sense id: en-spiritize-en-verb-xf2RaTZc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

Inflected forms

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