lex·i·cal·ize 
(lĕkĭ-kə-līz′)
(lĕkĭ-kə-līz′)tr.v. lex·i·cal·ized, lex·i·cal·iz·ing, lex·i·cal·iz·es
Linguistics
Linguistics
1. To express using a word or words: a language that lexicalizes the concept of time.
2. To incorporate into a language as a new word: a language that has lexicalized expressions from its dialects.
3. To treat (a phrase, expression, or other group of morphemes) as a single word: The word "pick-me-up<" lexicalizes the phrase "pick me up."
lexi·cal·ization (-kə-lĭ-zāshən) n.
- discouragingly
- discourse
- discourser
- discourteous
- discourteously
- discourteousness
- discourtesy
- discover
- discoverable
- discoverer
- discovery
- discredit
- discreditable
- discreditably
- discreet
- discreetly
- discreetness
- discrepancy
- discrepant
- discrepantly
- discrete
- discretely
- discreteness
- discrete variable
- discretion