Entify

/ˈɛntɪˌfaɪ/ verb

Definition

To make into an entity or being; to give existence or substantial form to something (extremely rare).

Etymology

From enti- (from entia/ens, 'being') + -fy (from Latin -ficare, 'to make' or 'to do'). Created by scholastic philosophers needing new vocabulary.

Kelly Says

This is peak philosophical jargon—creating a verb to mean 'turn into a thing that exists.' Philosophers did this constantly in the Middle Ages, inventing words for concepts that never existed before.

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