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Verb: substantivise  'súb-stun-ti,vIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: substantivize)
  1. (grammar) to convert a word, typically an adjective, into a noun or substantive
    "In English, we can substantivise 'poor' to create 'the poor'";
    - substantivize

Derived forms: substantivised, substantivises, substantivising