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hypostatise

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hy⋅pos⋅ta⋅tize

  [hahy-pos-tuh-tahyz, hi-]
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–verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
Also, especially British, hy⋅pos⋅ta⋅tise.

Origin:
1820–30; < Gk hypostat(ós) (see hypostatic ) + -ize

Related forms:
hy⋅pos⋅ta⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
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hypostatise

verb
construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity [syn: hypostatize] 
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