substantifyingadj.
/səbˈstantᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /səbˈstæn(t)əˌfaɪɪŋ/ rare.
That substantifies or gives substance to something.
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1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. sig. T4 Salt is firme, fixed, and substantifying beginning of al things.
1855 F. W. Faber Blessed Sacrament i. iv. 85 He exists in the Sacrament by a new ‘substantifying’ influx and concurrence of God.
1993 T. Kisiel Genesis of Heidegger's Being & Time i. 24 Heidegger indicates that he understands such impersonate more in terms of the intransitive verb instead of the substantifying ‘it’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1605- to fish on or upon the grabble
- to fish out
- to fish out the bottom of a person's stomach
- to fish the anchor
- to fish together
- to fish with fly
- to fist a person with
- to fist about
- to fist with
- to fit it
- to fit like a glove
- to fit like wax
- to cheat on
- to check a bowline
- to check a brace
- to check a cable
- to check a person
- to check a person's oil
- to check all the boxes
- to check all the right boxes
- to check at
- to check at the fist
- to check down
- to check for
- to check in or out