obligatorize
verbEtymology From obligatory + -ize.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To make (something) obligatory, or more obligatory.
- At first blush, it would seem that phase theory is unlikely to offer a characterization of the extra conditions that regulate and obligatorize the placement of weak pronouns.2006, Cedric Boeckx, Minimalist Essays, →ISBN, page 170:
- Derived terms
- obligatorization