"degrammaticalize" meaning in English

See degrammaticalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: degrammaticalizes [present, singular, third-person], degrammaticalizing [participle, present], degrammaticalized [participle, past], degrammaticalized [past]
Etymology: From de- + grammaticalize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|grammaticalize}} de- + grammaticalize Head templates: {{en-verb}} degrammaticalize (third-person singular simple present degrammaticalizes, present participle degrammaticalizing, simple past and past participle degrammaticalized)
  1. (transitive) To make less grammatical or not grammatical. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-degrammaticalize-en-verb-0kzzSrZQ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 49 51
  2. (linguistics, transitive) To cause (an inflectional ending, etc) to undergo degrammaticalization. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-degrammaticalize-en-verb-WyuBLuIh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Alternative forms

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