verb (v)

• give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense(verb.cognition)

  Synonym:
  spiritualise
  Antonym:
  literalise, literalize
  

  source: wordnet30
• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  glorify, transfigure
  

  source: wordnet30
• purify from the corrupting influences of the world(verb.change)

  Example:
  During his stay at the ashram he was spiritualized.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.(verb)

  source: webster1913