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relexify
[ ree-lek-suh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
, Linguistics.
, re·lex·i·fied, re·lex·i·fy·ing.
- to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
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- re·lexi·fi·cation noun
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