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verb (v)

• make literal(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  Literalize metaphors.
  

  Synonym:
  literalise
  Antonym:
  spiritualise, spiritualize
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.(verb)

  source: webster1913