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transdialect

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Etymology

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From trans- +‎ dialect.

Verb

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transdialect (third-person singular simple present transdialects, present participle transdialecting, simple past and past participle transdialected)

  1. (rare) To change or translate from one dialect into another.
    • 1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses [], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: [] Fletcher Gyles, [], →OCLC:
      It is a plain Case then that they [the fragments of writing] have been transdialected

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