substantializev.
/səbˈstanʃəlʌɪz/, /səbˈstanʃl̩ʌɪz/, /səbˈstɑːnʃəlʌɪz/, /səbˈstɑːnʃl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈstæn(t)ʃəˌlaɪz/ 1. transitive. To make (something) substantial; to give substance or reality to.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)]
substantify1605
substantiate1610
substantialize1783
to body out1826
1783 B. Porteus Serm. i. 11 A sedate yet fervent sense of gratitude towards God..substantialized in the practice of every Christian virtue.
1821 H. Reeder Dis. Heart Pref. The diseases discriminated..and their nature substantialized by actual demonstration of morbid changes.
1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. 65 The universe..is nothing but a series of abstract truths..substantialised by their reference to God.
1901 W. D. Howells Heroines of Fiction I. 156 Her relations..are all most amusingly substantialized.
1938 Mind 47 133 One way in which people fail to respect the distinction between subject and object is through substantialising concepts.
1976 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 35 630 The crucial change in caste ideology substantialized particular castes.
2001 Isis 92 393/1 The vinculum ‘substantializes’ certain parts of the material world, while other parts are merely phenomenal.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > exist as a substance or subsist [verb (intransitive)] > become substantial in appearance
substantialize1895
1895 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 226 They then proceed to substantialize by darkening in tint.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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