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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Literalize

/(lĭt"ẽr*al*īz)/ · Lit·er·al·ize · IPA
01 v. t. To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literaliz…
imp. & p. p. Literalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Literalizing
  1. 1.
    To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.