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delexicalize

delexicalize verb: to make delexical. (Compare desemanticize.).

Verb

delexicalize (third-person singular simple present delexicalizes, present participle delexicalizing, simple past and past participle delexicalized)

  1. To make delexical. (Compare desemanticize.)

Forms of delexicalize

third-person singular presentdelexicalizes
present participledelexicalizing
past participledelexicalized
pastdelexicalized

Questions about delexicalize

What does delexicalize mean?
Delexicalize means to make delexical. (Compare desemanticize.).
What part of speech is delexicalize?
Delexicalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of delexicalize?
The past tense of delexicalize is delexicalized.

Words near delexicalize in the dictionary

  1. delexicalises
  2. delexicalising
  3. delexicality
  4. delexicalization
  5. delexicalizations
  6. delexicalize
  7. delexicalized
  8. delexicalizes
  9. delexicalizing
  10. delexically
  11. Delești

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