"relexicalize" meaning in All languages combined

See relexicalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: relexicalizes [present, singular, third-person], relexicalizing [participle, present], relexicalized [participle, past], relexicalized [past]
Etymology: re- + lexicalize Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|lexicalize}} re- + lexicalize Head templates: {{en-verb}} relexicalize (third-person singular simple present relexicalizes, present participle relexicalizing, simple past and past participle relexicalized)
  1. (transitive, linguistics) To change the lexicon of; to use different words for. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-relexicalize-en-verb-n0OY3bFQ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 45 55 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (transitive, linguistics) To borrow or adopt back into a lexicon. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-relexicalize-en-verb-boHFmmOG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 45 55 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: relexicalization

Inflected forms

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