lexicalize(v = verb.communication) lexicalise - make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language; "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English"
To make into a word, coin into a word; as, The concept expressed by German "Gemuetlichkeit" is not lexicalized in English. [WordNet 1.5]
To increase the importance of, or emphasis on, words as opposed to other parts of a theory or program; -- said of grammatical theories and computer programs, especially programs for understanding language; as, lexicalized tree-adjoining grammar. [PJC]