vernacularizev.
/vəˈnakjᵿlərʌɪz/, U.S. /vərˈnækjələˌraɪz/ transitive. To render or translate into the native speech of a people; to make vernacular.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)] > into vernacular
vernaculizea1802
vernacularize1821
1821 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 94 384 The Stephens, or Stephenses, as their names have..been vernacularized among us.
1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry III. 450 Godfred of Strasburg, who vernacularized Trystan & Essylda.
1866 Songs & Ball. Cumberld. 397 Prince Louis Lucien Buonaparte employed him to vernacularise the Song of Solomon.
Derivatives
verˈnacularized adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [adjective] > translated > into vernacular
vernacularizeda1874
a1874 in A. Somerville Lect. Missions xiii. 243 His sanctified and vernacularized intellect lives in the numerous Tamil works.
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