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reify

VT ทำให้ เป็น รูปธรรม  materialize substantiate tam-hai-pen-rub-pa-tam

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reify

re i fy |ˈrēəˌfī ˈriəfaɪ | verb ( reifies, reifying, reified ) [ with obj. ] formal make (something abstract ) more concrete or real: these instincts are, in humans, reified as verbal constructs. DERIVATIVES re i fi ca tion |ˌrēəfəˈkāSHən |noun, re if i ca to ry |rēˈifəkəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin res, re- thing + -fy .

 

Oxford Dictionary

reify

reify |ˈriːɪfʌɪ, ˈreɪɪ -| verb ( reifies, reifying, reified ) [ with obj. ] formal make (something abstract ) more concrete or real: these instincts are, in man, reified as verbal constructs. DERIVATIVES reification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, reificatory |-fɪˈkeɪt (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin res, re- thing + -fy .