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con⋅cre⋅tize

  [kon-kruh-tahyz, kong-; kon-kree-tahyz, kong-, kuhn-, kuhng-]
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–verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
to make concrete, real, or particular; give tangible or definite form to: to concretize abstractions.
Also, especially British, con⋅cre⋅tise.

Origin:
1880–85; concrete + -ize

Related forms:
con⋅cret⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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con·cre·tize   (kŏn'krĭ-tīz', kŏng'-)   
tr.v.   con·cre·tized, con·cre·tiz·ing, con·cre·tiz·es
To make real or specific: "The need to simplify and concretize . . . was hardly acceptable to a mind fascinated by the . . . suggestiveness of ideas" (Arthur A. Cohen).
con'cre·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n.
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