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spiritizing

spiritizing is the present participle and gerund of spiritize.

Meaning of spiritize

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.
    • To spiritize a stone, a block of wood, one must first have believed in a spirit; to have there imprisoned a god, one must have beforehand believed in a divinity.1893, John Henry Barrows, The World's Parliament of Religions, page 617

Questions about spiritizing

What is spiritizing the present participle and gerund of?
Spiritizing is the present participle and gerund of spiritize.

Words near spiritizing in the dictionary

  1. spiritization
  2. spiritizations
  3. spiritize
  4. spiritized
  5. spiritizes
  6. spiritizing
  7. spiritlamp
  8. spiritland
  9. spiritlands
  10. spiritless
  11. spiritlessly

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