literalize

Other forms: literalized

Definitions of literalize
  1. verb
    make literal
    “literalize metaphors”
    synonyms: literalise
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    antonyms:
    spiritualize
    give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
    type of:
    construe, interpret, see
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
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