reify

Verb

Verb Forms: reified, reifying, reifies

To treat an abstract concept as if it has concrete existence.
consider an abstract concept to be real
To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

Examples

Good players REIFY their abstract ideas of board control into actual high-scoring plays.

Origin / Etymology

Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix).

Synonyms

concretize, objectify, picture, thingify

Scrabble Score: 11

reify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
reify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
reify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

reify: valid Words With Friends Word