semanticize
transitive verb
se·man·ti·cize
\-ˌsīz\
Definition of semanticize
-ed/-ing/-s
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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Origin and Etymology of semanticize
1semantic + -ize
First Known Use: 1921
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