nominalize

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nominalize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nominalize \Nom"i*nal*ize\, v. t. (Grammar, Linguistics)
     To convert into a noun; as, a nominalized sentence; a
     nominalized adjective or verb.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In a sentence of the form:
           "That Kennedy would have been a great president if he
           had not been assassinated is one of the enduring myths
           of the Camelot conceit."
           the sentence "Kennedy would have been a great president
           if he had not been assassinated" has been nominalized
           by the introductory "that".
           [PJC]