concretizev.
/ˈkɒnkriːtʌɪz/ transitive. To render concrete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > render concrete
incarnate1591
concrete1654
concretize1884
1884 Athenæum 16 Feb. 209/1 Details of interest are used to concretize..the general laws of development.
1942 Theology XLV. 109 It seems very hard to understand what personal relation looks like concretized in the bombing of Rostock and Cologne.
1948 Mind 57 300 The good, for example, when we try to concretise it, is apt to appear as a somewhat complex relation between pleasures and unpleasures.
1952 V. Gollancz My Dear Timothy xx. 343 Human ideals, when concretised in legislative enactments, seem to lose..a great part of their life-giving quality.
1963 S. Weintraub Private Shaw & Public Shaw v. 150 The surviving manuscript shows stylistic changes in G. B. S.'s hand—mainly his concretizing T. E.'s diction... ‘Stay put for ages’ became ‘stay put indefinitely’.
Derivatives
ˈconcretizing adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > making concrete or embodying
substantiating1656
embodying1791
concretizing1884
1884 Athenæum 23 Feb. 241/2 This passage..lacks the concretizing touch.
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