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polysemantism
polysemantism n. 
/ˌpɒlɪˈsɛməntɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpɑliˈsɛmənˌtɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpɑlisəˈmænˌtɪz(ə)m/ [probably after French polysémantisme polysemy (1922 or earlier)] Linguistics = polysemy n.
Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈsiːməntɪz(ə)m/
, /ˌpɒlɪˈsiːməntɪz(ə)m//ˌpɒlɪˈsɛməntɪz(ə)m/U.S. /ˌpɑliˈsimənˌtɪz(ə)m/
, /ˌpɑliˈsimənˌtɪz(ə)m//ˌpɑliˈsɛmənˌtɪz(ə)m//ˌpɑlisəˈmænˌtɪz(ə)m/ΘΚΠ
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multivocalness1873
polysensuousness1899
polysemia1900
polysemantism1939
multivocality1963
polysemanticity1966
polyvalence1971
1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. ix. 258 The principle of analogy or metaphor in polysemantism..appears when the name of a well known historical..figure is extended to persons supposed to resemble that character.
1998 M. Delville Amer. Prose Poem 264 (note) Andrews' ‘truncated’ sentence, Valaoritis writes, ‘puts its trust in a new polysemantism, in a new space’.
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- to let free
- to let gird
- to let go
- to let go a fart
- to let go of
- to let have it
- to let have it hot
- to let in
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- to let in farmage
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- to make it worse
- to make it worth a person's while
- to make it worth while
- to make its point
- to make its way
- to make joy
- to make keep a vow
- to make kef
- to make kythe force
- to make labour
- to make labour to
- to make labour to a person
- to make languor
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