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Webster 1913 Edition

Hypostatize

Hy-pos′ta-tize

,

Verb.

T.

1.

To make into, or regarded as, a separate and distinct substance.

Looked upon both species and genera as

hypostatized

universals.

Pop. Sci. Monthly.

2.

To attribute actual or personal existence to.

Sir W. Hamilton.