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relexify

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re⋅lex⋅i⋅fy

  [ree-lek-suh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing. Linguistics.
to replace the vocabulary of (a language, esp. a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
Origin:
1960–65; re- + lexi(con) + -fy

Related forms:
re⋅lex⋅i⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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