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concretize (third-person singular simple present concretizes, present participle concretizing, simple past and past participle concretized)
- (transitive) To make substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.
- 1962, Charles Hartshorne, "How Some Speak and Yet Do Not Speak of God," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 275,
- An essence exists if and only if it is actualized or concretized somehow, in some concrete form.
- 1999, Sherry D. Akins, "Vital Signs: Teaching and Grieving," The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 99, no. 8, p. 88,
- But Ms. Yauger's death concretized these abstract discussions and theories.
- 2003, Larry Alexander, "Is Judicial Review Democratic? A Comment on Harel," Law and Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 3-4, p. 280,
- Rights in this way stem from social conventions that concretize and shape the values that underlie them.
- 1962, Charles Hartshorne, "How Some Speak and Yet Do Not Speak of God," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 275,
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