externalize

2 definitions found

externalize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Externalize \Ex*ter"nal*ize\, v. t.
     To make external; to manifest by outward form.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Thought externalizes itself in language. --Soyce.
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externalize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  externalize
      v 1: regard as objective [syn: project, externalize,
           externalise]
      2: make external or objective, or give reality to; "language
         externalizes our thoughts" [syn: exteriorize,
         exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify]