† corporifyv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To cause to assume a body or material form; to solidify.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > make dense or solid [verb (transitive)]
congealc1384
sadc1384
resolvea1398
thightc1440
condense1477
constipate1546
condensate1555
engross1561
indense1576
sadden1600
settle1611
densate1613
solidate1640
corporify1644
conspissate1647
consolidate1653
conglaciate1660
solidify1799
densify1820
the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > render material [verb (transitive)]
immerse1605
clod1610
material1643
corporify1644
terrestrify1646
corporize1691
materialize1710
terrestrialize1829
reify1854
thingify1871
sensualize1884
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xiv. 129 These steames being thus corporifyed.
1698 W. Harris & J. Keill tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 3) i. xiv. 347 The Salt of Vinegar..fixed into the pores of the Coral, as in an earthy substance, proper to corporifie them.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 233 Water..hardens and corporifies it self into an Infinity of Figures.
2. To incorporate, unite into one body.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > unite [verb (transitive)] > in one mass or body
corporatea1398
corpore1398
incorporate1544
concorporate1552
concert1598
accorporate1623
corporify1667
1667 ‘Rege Sincera’ Observ. Burning of London 31 Fire of itself is nothing but light which corporifieth itself in the matter.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 76 The Juices..become a solid Body by corporifying themselves with the Plant.
Derivatives
corˈporified adj.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid
congealedc1384
consolidate1531
baked1547
condensate1555
congelate1574
concrete1598
indensate1599
coagulate1610
condense1610
condensated1625
concreted1634
spissed1635
conglaciated1656
corporified1680
solid1697
incrassateda1706
caked1820
solidified1828
consolidateda1850
sadded1894
densified1900
the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > making material > made material
corporized1662
corporified1680
materialized1845
reified1896
corporealized-
1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) ii. 112 A certain Spirituous Substance..by some mistaken for the Spirit of the World Corporify'd.
corˈporifying adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > becoming or making dense or solid
conglaciating1660
corporifying1662
thickening1721
caking1727
solidifying1850
the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > making material
corporificative1651
corporifying1662
corporealizing1797
materializing1817
reificatory1935
1662 J. Chandler tr. F. M. van Helmont in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike To Rdr. All Creatures, first those External and Corporeal..and then those Internal, Spiritual, and Corporifying ones.
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