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decreolize
[ dee-kree-uh-lahyz ]
/ diˈkri əˌlaɪz /
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verb (used with object), de·cre·o·lized, de·cre·o·liz·ing.Linguistics.
to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.
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Also especially British, de·cre·o·lise .
OTHER WORDS FROM decreolize
de·cre·o·li·za·tion, nounWords nearby decreolize
decree-law, decree nisi, decreet, decrement, decremeter, decreolize, decrepit, decrepitate, decrepitude, decresc., decrescendo
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