spiritualize

Verb

• purify from the corrupting influences of the world
  • During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized
    

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

• give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  spiritualise , transfigure , glorify
• Antonyms: 
  literalize , literalise