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substantialize, v.|səbˈstænʃəlaɪz|
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
1. trans. To make substantial; to give reality to.
1821H. Reeder Dis. Heart Pref., The diseases discriminated..and their nature substantialized by actual demonstration of morbid changes. 1866Howells Venetian Life iv. 50 That strange life, which even the stout..little Bohemian musicians..could not altogether substantialize. 1876L. Stephen Engl. Th. 18th C. I. 65 The universe..is nothing but a series of abstract truths..substantialised by their reference to God.
2. intr. To become substantial in appearance.
1895Atlantic Monthly Aug. 226 They then proceed to substantialize by darkening in tint. |