Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make literal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render literal; conform or adhere to the letter; interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words. Also spelled
literalise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to
spiritualize .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make
literal orprosaic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make literal
Etymologies
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Examples
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You are free to literalize it if you like, but unless you arise in consciousness, both you and Christ will remain dead.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Maybe you want to literalize the term “cock block,” or maybe you want to l
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You are free to literalize it if you like, but unless you arise in consciousness, both you and Christ will remain dead.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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You are free to literalize it if you like, but unless you arise in consciousness, both you and Christ will remain dead.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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You are free to literalize it if you like, but unless you arise in consciousness, both you and Christ will remain dead.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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I mean, I'm very aware of the fact that I personally am not who I was 20 or even 10 years ago, but he uses some SF to literalize this concept and explore it further.
The Last Colony Lou Anders 2007
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His writer voice is so big, I thought to literalize it is going to actually harm it.
Key Character to Be Animated in Soderbergh’s Moneyball | /Film 2009
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I wanted to literalize the sacrifices and headspace that Timas is in.
Archive 2009-01-01 Paul 2009
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In science fiction, “science”—i.e., sentences displaying verbal emblems of scientific discourses—is used to literalize the meanings of other sentences for use in the construction of the fictional foreground.
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In science fiction, “science”—i.e., sentences displaying verbal emblems of scientific discourses—is used to literalize the meanings of other sentences for use in the construction of the fictional foreground.
Infinite Summer #7: Is ‘Infinite Jest’ Science Fiction? « Gerry Canavan 2009
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