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literalize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb literalize has 1 sense
- literalize(v = verb.cognition) literalise - make literal; "literalize metaphors" is one way to construe, interpret, see
Antonym: spiritualize
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
literalize, v. t.
To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize ; as, to literalize Scripture. [1913 Webster]
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