semanticize

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verb

To make semantic.

OriginEnglish semantic ← French sémantique ← Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós) →
First used 1942Scrabble 24
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Meanings

verbsemanticize (third-person singular simple present semanticizes, present participle semanticizing, simple past and past participle semanticized)

present singular third person semanticizes · participle present semanticizing · participle past semanticized · past semanticized

  1. To make semantic.First known use 1942

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyeh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyéh₂mn̥
  4. Proto-Hellenic*tsā́mə?
  5. Ancient Greekσῆμᾰ (sêmă)
  6. Ancient Greekσημαίνω (sēmaínō)
  7. Ancient Greekσημαντικός (sēmantikós)
  8. Frenchsémantique
  9. Englishsemanticsbf.?
  10. Englishsemantic
  11. Englishsemanticize

From semantic + -ize.

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APA

semanticize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semanticize

MLA

“semanticize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semanticize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semanticize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semanticize.

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