Hypostatize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hypostatize \Hy*pos"ta*tize\, v. t.
     1. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct
        substance.
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              Looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized


              universals.                           --Pop. Sci.
                                                    Monthly.
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     2. To attribute actual or personal existence to. --Sir W.
        Hamilton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hypostatize
       v : construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity [syn: {hypostatise}]