grammaticalise

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A form of grammaticalize — To make grammatical.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

verbgrammaticalise (third-person singular simple present grammaticalises, present participle grammaticalising, simple past and past participle grammaticalised)

present singular third person grammaticalises · participle present grammaticalising · participle past grammaticalised · past grammaticalised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of grammaticalize.
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APA

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Chicago

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