dativize
verbEtymology From dative + -ize.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To convert to a dative form.
- For example, very little can be concluded from the simple failure of a child to dativize a novel verb, because the failure may be attributable to a number of sources[…]1999, Lise Menn, Nan Bernstein Ratner, Methods for Studying Language Production, page 104:
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To be converted into a dative form.
- Related terms
- dativizable, dativization