substantify
substantify · substantifies · substantified · substantifying
To give material form or substance toTo give material form or substance to; to embody.
Meaning
4 sensesTo give material form or substance to; to embody.
To reify or hypostatize; to treat something that is fluid or abstract as a static entity without regard to nuance or change in character.
To endow with a consciousness, will, motivation and independent existence; to give life to; to hypostatize.
(rare) To transform into or treat syntactically as a noun; to make into or use as a substantive.
Origin
From Medieval Latin substantificō, from Classical Latin substantia (“substance”) + -ficō.From Medieval Latin substantificō, from Classical Latin substantia (“substance”) + -ficō.
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Forms
substantifies, substantifying, substantified, substantified| Base form | substantify · to substantify |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | substantifies |
| Present participle | substantifying |
| Past simple | substantified |
| Past participle | substantified |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle