lexicalize /(lĕks"ĭ*kal*īz)/
lex·i·cal·ize
lexicalize
v. t.
- To make into a word, coin into a word; as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not lexicalized in English.
- To increase the importance of, or emphasis on, words as opposed to other parts of a theory or program; -- said of grammatical theories and computer programs, especially programs for understanding language; as, lexicalized tree-adjoining grammar.