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concretize

verb

Etymology

From concrete + -ize.

  1. borrowed from concrētus
  2. suffixed as concretize — “concrete + ize”

Definitions

  1. To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible

    To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.

    • An essence exists if and only if it is actualized or concretized somehow, in some concrete form.
    • But Ms. Yauger's death concretized these abstract discussions and theories.
    • Rights in this way stem from social conventions that concretize and shape the values that underlie them.

  2. To be embodied, to have physical representation.

    • These expressions of God's concern concretize around the figure of the divine hand or arm.

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Derived

concretizable, unconcretized

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA