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unspiritualize

unspiritualize verb: to deprive of spirituality.

Verb

unspiritualize (third-person singular simple present unspiritualizes, present participle unspiritualizing, simple past and past participle unspiritualized)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of spirituality.
    • Now there are several enjoyments in themselves very lawful, and yet such as, upon a free unwary use of them, will by degrees certainly indispose and unspiritualize the mind, dulling its appetite[…]1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Forms of unspiritualize

third-person singular presentunspiritualizes
present participleunspiritualizing
past participleunspiritualized
pastunspiritualized

Origin of unspiritualize

From un- (reversive) + spiritualize, or from unspiritual (“not spiritual”) + -ize.

Questions about unspiritualize

What does unspiritualize mean?
Unspiritualize means to deprive of spirituality.
What part of speech is unspiritualize?
Unspiritualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unspiritualize?
The past tense of unspiritualize is unspiritualized.

Words near unspiritualize in the dictionary

  1. unspiritualise
  2. unspiritualised
  3. unspiritualises
  4. unspiritualising
  5. unspirituality
  6. unspiritualize
  7. unspiritualized
  8. unspiritualizes
  9. unspiritualizing
  10. unspiritually
  11. unspiritualness

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