EXTERNALIZE

exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify

(verb) make external or objective, or give reality to; “language externalizes our thoughts”

project, externalize, externalise

(verb) regard as objective

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

externalize (third-person singular simple present externalizes, present participle externalizing, simple past and past participle externalized)

To make something external or objective

To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody

(psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project

(economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*ter"nal*ize, v. t.

Definition: To make external; to manifest by outward form. Thought externalizes itself in language. Soyce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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