substantifyv.

Brit.

/səbˈstantᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/səbˈstæn(t)əˌfaɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin substantificare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin substantificare (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin substantia substance n. + -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare substantiate v.

transitive. To give substance to (something); to make substantial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)]

substantify1605

substantiate1610

substantialize1783

to body out1826

1605 [see substantifying adj.].

1846 Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Mag. 5 434 [She] produced a note said to be written by the deceiver, to substantify, she said, ‘a caution only offered with bitter reluctance’.

1866 M. Reid Headless Horseman xlvi. 228 As for the rest yi've been tellin' me, it only sarves to substantify what I've been sayin'.

1928 Bull. N.Y. Acad. Med. 5 401 It takes something more than hospital affiliation and steady maintenance of clinical material to activate and substantify post-graduate instruction.

1977–8 SubStance Winter 154 Metalanguage, like connotation, suffers severe limitations in its capacity to materialise or substantify language.

2008 G. Mobili Irritable Bodies & Postmodern Subj. iii. 192 There is a strong suggestion that language has been successfully substantified, that words have been turned into body.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	substantify
释义	substantifyv. Brit. /səbˈstantᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /səbˈstæn(t)əˌfaɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin substantificare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin substantificare (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin substantia substance n. + -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare substantiate v. transitive. To give substance to (something); to make substantial. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] substantify1605 substantiate1610 substantialize1783 to body out1826 1605 [see substantifying adj.]. 1846 Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Mag. 5 434 [She] produced a note said to be written by the deceiver, to substantify, she said, ‘a caution only offered with bitter reluctance’. 1866 M. Reid Headless Horseman xlvi. 228 As for the rest yi've been tellin' me, it only sarves to substantify what I've been sayin'. 1928 Bull. N.Y. Acad. Med. 5 401 It takes something more than hospital affiliation and steady maintenance of clinical material to activate and substantify post-graduate instruction. 1977–8 SubStance Winter 154 Metalanguage, like connotation, suffers severe limitations in its capacity to materialise or substantify language. 2008 G. Mobili Irritable Bodies & Postmodern Subj. iii. 192 There is a strong suggestion that language has been successfully substantified, that words have been turned into body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1605
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