lexicalize

Definitions of lexicalize
  1. verb
    make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
    “The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English”
    synonyms: lexicalise
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    type of:
    articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, word
    put into words or an expression
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