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ver•nac•u•lar•ize
(vər nak′yə lə rīz′, və nak′-),USA pronunciation v.t., -ized, -iz•ing.
ver•nac′u•lar•i•za′tion, n.
- Linguisticsto translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.
- vernacular + -ize 1815–25