re·ify \ˈrēəˌfī\transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Latin res + English -ify : to regard (as an abstraction, a mental construction) as a thing : convert mentally into something concrete or objective : give definite content and form to : materialize < reifying both space and time > < a culture can be reified into a body of traditions — M.J.Herskovits >