ressemantizando
English translation: (is being) given a new meaning/reinterpreted/resemanticised
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| 14:01 Dec 16, 2010 |
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|  Selected response from: Marlene Curtis United States Local time: 21:26 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | resemanticizing |
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| 4 | (is being) given a new meaning/reinterpreted/resemanticised |
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18 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2resemanticizing Explanation: Or if you don't like this word (which I don't really) you could paraphrase as "changing its meaning". But the word is used. An example: http://lap.sagepub.com/content/37/1/62.abstract -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2010-12-16 14:21:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In your sentence you might want to say it "is being resemanticized"... |
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