tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.
To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence.
[Latin rēs, rē-, thing + -FY.]
reification re'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.reifier re'i·fi'er n.
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