basilectalize

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English

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Etymology

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From basilectal +‎ -ize.

Verb

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basilectalize (third-person singular simple present basilectalizes, present participle basilectalizing, simple past and past participle basilectalized)

  1. (linguistics) To diverge from the standard form of a language and become a basilect.

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