semanticize
transitive verb
se·man·ti·cize
| \ -ˌsīz \
-ed/-ing/-s
Definition of semanticize
1
: to give a meaning to
2
: to subject to semantic analysis
semanticize this difference between knowledge by poetry and knowledge by abstraction out of existence— Archibald MacLeish
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“Semanticize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semanticize. Accessed 28 Feb. 2021.
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The first known use of semanticize was in 1921
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