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substantivate

substantivate verb: to make substantive.

Verb

substantivate (third-person singular simple present substantivates, present participle substantivating, simple past and past participle substantivated)

  1. (transitive) To make substantive.

Forms of substantivate

third-person singular presentsubstantivates
present participlesubstantivating
past participlesubstantivated
pastsubstantivated

Questions about substantivate

What does substantivate mean?
Substantivate means to make substantive.
What part of speech is substantivate?
Substantivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of substantivate?
The past tense of substantivate is substantivated.

Words near substantivate in the dictionary

  1. substantivalism
  2. substantivalisms
  3. substantivalist
  4. substantivalists
  5. substantivally
  6. substantivate
  7. substantivated
  8. substantivates
  9. substantivating
  10. substantivation
  11. substantivations

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