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desemanticise

desemanticise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desemanticize.

Meaning of desemanticize

Verb

desemanticize (third-person singular simple present desemanticizes, present participle desemanticizing, simple past and past participle desemanticized)

  1. To remove semantic content from; (especially) to cause to undergo desemanticization.
  2. (rare) To lose semantic content; to undergo desemanticization.
    • The purposive meaning desemanticizes and a new marker is drafted in to reinforce the purposive meaning.2011, Michael T. Putnam, Studies on German-Language Islands, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 406

Forms of desemanticise

third-person singular presentdesemanticises
present participledesemanticising
past participledesemanticised
pastdesemanticised

Questions about desemanticise

What is desemanticise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Desemanticise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desemanticize.

Words near desemanticise in the dictionary

  1. deselenations
  2. deselenization
  3. deselenizations
  4. deselenized
  5. desemanticisation
  6. desemanticise
  7. desemanticised
  8. desemanticises
  9. desemanticising
  10. desemanticization
  11. desemanticize

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