The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hypostasize
Hypostasize \Hy*pos"ta*size\, v. t. To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize. [R.]
The pressed Newtonians . . . refused to hypostasize the
law of gravitation into an ether.
--Coleridge.
Wiktionary
hypostasize
vb. (context transitive English) To make into a distinct substance; to conceive or treat as an existing being; to hypostatize.
Usage examples of "hypostasize".
Shouby is frequently quoted as an authority because he speaks like one and because what he hypostasizes is a sort of mute Arab who at the same time is a great word-master playing games without much seriousness or purpose.