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lexiconize

lexiconize verb: to create a lexicon for.

Verb

lexiconize (third-person singular simple present lexiconizes, present participle lexiconizing, simple past and past participle lexiconized)

  1. To create a lexicon for.
    • We hope that the present attempt to lexiconize the vast and multifaceted worlds of music's Romanticisms will serve as a stepping-stone for more satisfactory future contributions.2013, John Michael Cooper, Historical Dictionary of Romantic Music, page 11
    • The dog had no way of naming things for itself and so Teddy had dutifully taken it upon himself to lexiconize the world for it.2015, Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins: A Novel

Forms of lexiconize

third-person singular presentlexiconizes
present participlelexiconizing
past participlelexiconized
pastlexiconized
alternative formlexiconise

Origin of lexiconize

From lexicon + -ize.

Questions about lexiconize

What does lexiconize mean?
Lexiconize means to create a lexicon for.
What part of speech is lexiconize?
Lexiconize is a verb.
What is the past tense of lexiconize?
The past tense of lexiconize is lexiconized.

Words near lexiconize in the dictionary

  1. lexiconised
  2. lexiconises
  3. lexiconising
  4. lexiconist
  5. lexiconists
  6. lexiconize
  7. lexiconized
  8. lexiconizes
  9. lexiconizing
  10. lexiconophilia
  11. lexiconophilist

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