Thesaurus: hypostatize

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1. v. t. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.
2. v. t. To attribute actual or personal existence to.
3. v. construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity
4. 1. To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance. Looked upon both species and genera as hypostatized universals. Pop. Sci. Monthly. 2. To attribute actual or personal existence to. Sir W. Hamilton.
5. v construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity