literalizing

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literalizing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Literalize \Lit"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. Literalized (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]zd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Literalizing
     (l[i^]t"[~e]r*al*[imac]*z[i^]ng).]
     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]