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Verb: literalize  'li-tu-ru`lIz
  1. Make literal
    "literalize metaphors"
    - literalise [Brit]

Derived forms: literalized, literalizes, literalizing

Type of: construe, interpret, see

Antonym: spiritualize

Nearest

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