hy·pos·ta·tize /haɪˈpɑstəˌtaɪz/
Hy·pos·ta·tize v. 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.
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hypostatize
v : construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity [syn: hypostatise]