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lexicalize

[lek-si-kuh-lahyz]

verb (used with object), lex·i·cal·ized, lex·i·cal·iz·ing. Linguistics.

to convert (an affix, a phrase, etc.) into a lexical item, as in using the suffix -ism as the noun ism.

to represent (a set of semantic features) by a lexical item.

Also, especially British, lex·i·cal·ise.

Origin:
1935–40; lexical + -ize

Related forms

lex·i·cal·i·za·tion, noun

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lexicalize or lexicalise (ˈlɛksɪkəˌlaɪz)

—vb
	linguistics to form (a word or lexeme) or (of a word or lexeme) to be formed from constituent morphemes, words, or lexemes, as to form cannot from can and not

lexicalise or lexicalise

—vb

lexicali'zation or lexicalise

—n

lexicali'sation or lexicalise

—n

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