semanticize

transitive verb

se·​man·​ti·​cize

-ˌsīz

-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

Word History

Etymology

semantic entry 1 + -ize

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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