relexify
[ ree-lek-suh-fahy ]
verb (used with object),re·lex·i·fied, re·lex·i·fy·ing.Linguistics.
to replace the vocabulary of (a language, especially a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.
Origin of relexify
1Other words from relexify
- re·lex·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
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