semanticize
/sɪˈmantɪsʌɪz/(also semanticise)
verb
1 [with object] To analyse (a word, phrase, etc.) semantically; to explain or understand the meaning of.
2 [with object] To give (something) a single or specific meaning; to invest with meaning; to make meaningful.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Harold Edward Palmer (1877–1949), linguist and teacher of languages. From semantic + -ize.