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despiritualize

despiritualize verb: to remove the spiritual element from.

Verb

despiritualize (third-person singular simple present despiritualizes, present participle despiritualizing, simple past and past participle despiritualized)

  1. To remove the spiritual element from.
    • The translators were accused of despiritualizing the holy text.

Forms of despiritualize

third-person singular presentdespiritualizes
present participledespiritualizing
past participledespiritualized
pastdespiritualized

Origin of despiritualize

From de- + spiritualize.

Questions about despiritualize

What does despiritualize mean?
Despiritualize means to remove the spiritual element from.
What part of speech is despiritualize?
Despiritualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of despiritualize?
The past tense of despiritualize is despiritualized.

Words near despiritualize in the dictionary

  1. despirited
  2. despiriting
  3. despirits
  4. despiritualise
  5. despiritualization
  6. despiritualize
  7. despiritualized
  8. despiritualizes
  9. despiritualizing
  10. despisable
  11. despisableness

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