grammaticizev.
/ɡrəˈmatɪsʌɪz/ 1. transitive. To render grammatical; to reduce to grammatical rules.
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1780 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1848) lxx. 660/1 I always said, Shakspeare had Latin enough to grammaticize his English.
1811 J. Nichols in T. Fuller Worthies (new ed.) II. 561 (note) This was the very first attempt to embody, to arrange, or to grammaticize, this language.
1837 J. E. Murray Summer in Pyrenees I. 42 Prior to the period when Democritus grammaticised the Latin language.
2. intransitive. To discuss grammatical points.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > discuss grammar [verb (intransitive)]
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1673 Bp. S. Ward Apol. Myst. Gospel 44 Gramaticizing pedantically, and criticising spuriously, upon a few Greek Particles.
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