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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

obligatorize en · VERB

Etymology

From obligatory + -ize.

Meanings

  1. To make (something) obligatory, or more obligatory.
    • At first blush, it would seem that phase theory is unlikely to offer a characterization of the extra conditions that regulate and obligatorize the placement of weak pronouns. 2006, Cedric Boeckx, Minimalist Essays, →ISBN, page 170:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
obligatorized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
obligatorized Tense=Past lexicographic
obligatorizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
obligatorizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

obligatorization