"morphologize" meaning in English

See morphologize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: morphologizes [present, singular, third-person], morphologizing [participle, present], morphologized [participle, past], morphologized [past]
Etymology: From morpholog(y), morpholog(ical) + -ize. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|morphology|-ize|alt1=morpholog(y), morpholog(ical)}} morpholog(y), morpholog(ical) + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} morphologize (third-person singular simple present morphologizes, present participle morphologizing, simple past and past participle morphologized)
  1. (transitive, uncommon) To make (something) morphological (structural). Tags: transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-morphologize-en-verb-EkcEOQVz
  2. (transitive, intransitive, linguistic morphology) To become, or cause (e.g. a phonetic feature) to become, (re)interpreted morphologically. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Linguistic morphology
    Sense id: en-morphologize-en-verb-RWi6xRTv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 11 51 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 49 47 Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
  3. (transitive, intransitive, linguistic morphology) To decompose into morphemes (as). Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Linguistic morphology
    Sense id: en-morphologize-en-verb-Y1hDY4Le Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 49 47 Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: morphologization

Inflected forms

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