grammaticalize

grammaticalize
/greuh mat"i keuh luyz'/, v.t., grammaticalized, grammaticalizing. Ling.
1. to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE lic, 'body,' as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE freondlic, 'friendly.'
2. to represent (semantic features) by grammatical categories, as plurality in English or gender in French.
Also, esp. Brit., gramaticalise.
[1935-40; GRAMMATICAL + -IZE]

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