objectify

verb3

1. •
   To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses.

   • It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him. — 1906
2. •
   To treat (someone) as a mere (usually sexual) object; to sexually dehumanize (someone).

   • The entire notion of cheerleading is just a sexist attempt to try to objectify the female body. — 1999
3. •
   To treat (something) as objectively real.

   • The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology. — 1921