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genericize

verbid 10544·updated Jun 3, 2026
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To take a specific, usually trademarked, meaning of a word and make it more general in use

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Variants

pasttense
genericized
presentparticiple
genericizing
thirdpersonsingular
genericizes
pastparticiple
genericized

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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To take a specific, usually trademarked, meaning of a word and make it more general in use
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
To take a specific, usually trademarked, meaning of a word and make it more general in use
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