Definition of Substantivizing

1. Verb. (present participle of substantivize) ¹

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Definition of Substantivizing

1. substantivize [v] - See also: substantivize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Substantivizing

substantively
substantiveness
substantives
substantivisation
substantivise
substantivised
substantivises
substantivising
substantivities
substantivity
substantivization
substantivizations
substantivize
substantivized
substantivizes
substantivizing (current term)
substantiæ nigræ
substate
substatement
substatements
substates
substation
substations
substatute
substatutes
substaunce
substellar
substellate
substem
substems

Literary usage of Substantivizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Latin Philology by Clarence L. Meader, Manson Alexander Stewart, Frederick Tyndall Swan, Henry Herbert Armstrong (1910)
"to be essentially the same in both the classes of words described by Ott. In any case it can not be said that the substantivizing is the result of the ..."

2. University of Michigan Studies by University of Michigan (1910)
"to be essentially the same in both the classes of words described by Ott. In any case it can not be said that the substantivizing is the result of the ..."

3. The Use of the Adjective as a Substantive in the De Rerum Natura of Lucretius by Frederick Tyndall Swan (1910)
"to be essentially the same in both the classes of words described by Ott. In any case it can not be said that the substantivizing is the result of the ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... ppr. substantivizing. [< substantive + -ise.~\ To make a substantive of; use as a substantive. Perhaps we have here the forerunners of the ..."

5. A Practical Introduction to Greek Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1849)
"substantivizing power of the Article. 73 The neuter of both singular and plural adjectives is often ..."

6. Sanskrit Syntax by Jacob Samuel Speyer (1886)
"Adjectives proper, when used as substantives, may be distinguished thus:/?) the substantivizing results from T"nT y J Sir^M*l I <Jii'JI ..."

7. A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament by Ethelbert William Bullinger (1908)
"[which its'] The art. with the aor. inf. substantivizing the verb, and representing the verb as a single action ; hence, here, unto (Ъи return. ..."

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