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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

lexicalize

/(lĕks"ĭ*kal*īz)/ · lex·i·cal·ize · IPA /ˈlɛksɪkəlaɪz/
01 v. t. To make into a word, coin into a word; as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not lexicalized in English.
  1. 1.
    To make into a word, coin into a word; as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not lexicalized in English.
  2. 2.
    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.