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Verb: lexicalize  'lek-si-ku,lIz
  1. 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";
    - lexicalise [Brit]

Derived forms: lexicalized, lexicalizes, lexicalizing

Type of: articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, word