adverbialize

English

Alternative forms

• adverbialise (UK)

Etymology

adverbial +‎ -ize

Verb

adverbialize (third-person singular simple present adverbializes, present participle adverbializing, simple past and past participle adverbialized)

1. (American) To use or change into an adverb.
   • 2010, Bjarke Frellesvig, A History of the Japanese Language, page 94:

     The basic function of the copula in Japanese is to predicate, adnominalize or adverbialize nouns.

Translations

to change into an adverb

• French: ^{(please verify)} adverbialiser (fr)
• Portuguese: adverbializar

• Spanish: adverbializar (es)