Reanalyse

verb

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo analyze again.

2.verbTo analyze a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding.

"The word hamburger, which is originally Hamburg + -er, was reanalyzed as ham + -burger, which produced words like cheeseburger."

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