English Explanatory Dictionary

grammaticalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make grammatical.
  2. To integrate into a system of grammar; to make (something such as a constraint) an element or rule of grammar, to cause (something) to be required by grammar.
  3. To cause (a word, a suffix, etc) to undergo grammaticalization.

Word forms

grammaticalize grammaticalizes grammaticalizing grammaticalized grammaticalise

Etymology

Back-formation from grammaticalization.

Synonyms

grammaticize grammatize

Derived words

degrammaticalize grammaticalizable ungrammaticalized
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