RELEXIFY


Meaning of RELEXIFY in English

— relexification , n.

/ree lek"seuh fuy'/ , v.t., relexified, relexifying . Ling.

to replace the vocabulary of (a language, esp. a pidgin) with words drawn from another language, without changing the grammatical structure.

[ 1960-65; RE- + LEXI(CON) + -FY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .