unsensualize
unsensualize verb: to elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.
Verb
unsensualize (third-person singular simple present unsensualizes, present participle unsensualizing, simple past and past participle unsensualized)
- To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.
- March 25, 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Watchman
Hence the soft couch, and many-colour'd robe,
The timbrel and arch'd dome and costly feast,
With all th' inventive arts that nurse the soul
To forms of beauty; and by sensual wants
Unsensualize the mind, which in the Means
Learns to forget the...
- March 25, 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Watchman
Forms of unsensualize
| third-person singular present | unsensualizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | unsensualizing |
| past participle | unsensualized |
| past | unsensualized |
Origin of unsensualize
From un- + sensualize.
Questions about unsensualize
- What does unsensualize mean?
- Unsensualize means to elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.
- What part of speech is unsensualize?
- Unsensualize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unsensualize?
- The past tense of unsensualize is unsensualized.
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