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gram•mat•i•cal•ize
(grə mat′i kə līz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. [Ling.]
gram•mat′i•cal•i•za′tion, n.
- Linguisticsto convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, "body,' as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, "friendly.'
- Linguisticsto represent (semantic features) by grammatical categories, as plurality in English or gender in French.
- grammatical + -ize 1935–40