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UNSUBSTANTIALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsubstantialize mean? 

UNSUBSTANTIALIZE (verb)
  The verb UNSUBSTANTIALIZE has 1 sense:

1. render immaterial or incorporealplay

  Familiarity information: UNSUBSTANTIALIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSUBSTANTIALIZE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Render immaterial or incorporeal

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

immaterialise; immaterialize; unsubstantialise; unsubstantialize

Hypernyms (to "unsubstantialize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unsubstantialize"):

disincarnate (make immaterial; remove the real essence of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

unsubstantial (lacking material form or substance; unreal)


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