grammaticalize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from grammaticalization.

Verb

grammaticalize (third-person singular simple present grammaticalizes, present participle grammaticalizing, simple past and past participle grammaticalized)

  1. (linguistics, transitive) To make grammatical; to integrate into a system of grammar.
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