pragmatise verb3 •To make real.In vain are they trying now to pragmatise it; In vain because, in so doing, the flame dies away. — 2010 •To focus on the material or practical.A Movement like ours, so apt to pragmatise, developed its policy in a practical way. — 1950 •Alternative form of pragmatize. formspragmatised · pragmatising · pragmatises