relexicalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To change the lexicon of; to use different words for.
  2. To borrow or adopt back into a lexicon.

Word forms

relexicalize relexicalizes relexicalizing relexicalized

Etymology

From re- + lexicalize.

Related words

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