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delexicalizing

delexicalizing is the present participle and gerund of delexicalize.

Meaning of delexicalize

Verb

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

  1. To make delexical. (Compare desemanticize.)

Questions about delexicalizing

What is delexicalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Delexicalizing is the present participle and gerund of delexicalize.

Words near delexicalizing in the dictionary

  1. delexicalization
  2. delexicalizations
  3. delexicalize
  4. delexicalized
  5. delexicalizes
  6. delexicalizing
  7. delexically
  8. Delești
  9. delf
  10. delfie
  11. DelFierro

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