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}]
Externalize \Ex*ter"nal*ize\, v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form. [1913 Webster] Thought externalizes itself in language. --Soyce. [1913 Webster]