Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To change the lexicon of; to use different words for.

  2. (transitive)To borrow or adopt back into a lexicon.

    to relexicalize a word

Origin

From re- + lexicalize.

From re- + lexicalize.

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Forms

relexicalizes, relexicalizing, relexicalized, relexicalized
Base formrelexicalize · to relexicalize
3rd person singularrelexicalizes
Present participlerelexicalizing
Past simplerelexicalized
Past participlerelexicalized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrelexicalize
he, she, itrelexicalizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsrelexicalized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave relexicalized
he, she, ithas relexicalized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill relexicalize

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrelexicalization

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
relentlessrelentlesslyrelevancerelevantB2reliabilityreliableB1reliably
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