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physicalize

American  
[fiz-i-kuh-lahyz] / ˈfɪz ɪ kəˌlaɪz /
especially British, physicalise

verb (used with object)

physicalized, physicalizing
  1. to express in physical terms; give form or shape to.

    The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.


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Etymology

Origin of physicalize

First recorded in 1945–50; physical + -ize

Example Sentences

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I started a Google Doc tracking every letter, email and phone call; a physical file folder, soon bulging, kept everything in one place.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Until 2016, DHS could only approve refugee registration forms using an ink approval stamp on a physical file.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2018

You should also make a physical file of your supportive material so that you can bring it to any court hearings that are held.

From Encyclopedia.com • Jun. 6, 2018

Collecting all of those records today often begins with accessing the person’s computer, rather than physical file cabinets.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2017

Not in a physical file, but in his own mind.

From Cum Grano Salis by Garrett, Randall

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