relexify

American  

[ree-lek-suh-fahy] / riˈlɛk səˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

Linguistics.

relexified, relexifying

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• relexification
  noun

Etymology

Origin of relexify

First recorded in 1960–65; re- + lexi(con) + -fy