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lex•i•cal•ize
Pronunciation: (lek'si-ku-līz"), [key]—
v.t., -ized, -iz•ing.
Ling.
1. to convert (an affix, a phrase, etc.) into a lexical item, as in using the suffix
-ism as the noun
ism.
2. to represent (a set of semantic features) by a lexical item.
Also, esp. Brit.,lex'i•cal•ise".Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.