Added 10 October 2026
substantify
verb
Latin root: substantificō Wiktionary
verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about substantify at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- To 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.
Origin
From Medieval Latin substantificō, from Classical Latin substantia (“substance”) + -ficō.
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