Definition of substantialize in English:
substantialize
(British substantialise)
verb səbˈstanʃ(ə)lʌɪzsəbˈstan(t)SHəˌlīz
[with object]Give (something) substance or actual existence.
the universe is a series of abstract truths, substantialized by their reference to God
Example sentencesExamples
- Rediscovering tradition, living it as a defence mechanism, as a symbol of purity, the decultured individual leaves the impression that the mediation takes vengeance by substantializing itself.
- To have a ‘nature’ is to have an essence, which defines, substantializes, rendering something granite-like.
- In summary: thoughts of the brain are experienced by us as arrangements and rearrangements - change - in a physical universe; but in fact it is really information and information-processing which we substantialize.
- Another way to say this is that Ungaretti now felt a need to substantialize further his poetic language.