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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gram•mat•i•cal•ize (grə mat′i kə līz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. [Ling.]- 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.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] gra•mat′i•cal•ise′. - grammatical + -ize 1935–40
gram•mat′i•cal•i•za′tion, n. |