substantify

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Synonyms: substantial, substantive, substantize, substantia

Antonyms: substantial, substantive, substantize, substantia

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. To give [[material]] [[form]] or [[substance]] to; to [[embody]].
2. To [[reify]] or [[hypostatize]]; to treat something that is [[fluid]] or [[abstract]] as a [[static]] entity without regard to [[nuance]] or [[change]] in character.
3. To [[endow]] with a [[consciousness]], [[will]], [[motivation]] and [[independent]] [[existence]]; to give [[life]] to; to [[hypostatize]].
4. {{lb|en|linguistics}} {{lb|en|rare}} To [[transform]] into or [[treat]] [[syntactically]] as a [[noun]]; to make into or [[use]] as a [[substantive]].

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