lexicalize (English, verb)
expansion: lexicalize (third-person singular simple present lexicalizes, present participle lexicalizing, simple past and past participle lexicalized)
Senses:
glosses: To become part of the vocabulary of a language as a single lexical unit with a distinct meaning.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a term
glosses: To accept a term into one's own vocabulary as a distinct lexical unit.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: lexicalizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lexicalizing
tags: participle
present
form: lexicalized
tags: participle
past
form: lexicalized
tags: past
form: lexicalise
tags: alternative