n.;
n. A leman. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. The act or process of lemmatizing; conversion into a lemma{ 2 }. [ PJC ]
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v. t. To convert into a lemma{ 2 }; to normalize the form of (a word) to that form used as the headword in a dictionary, glossary, or index;
n. [ Nor. lemming, lemende; cf. Sw. lemel, Lapp. lummik. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera
☞ The common Northern European lemming (Myodes lemmus) is remarkable for making occasional devastating migrations in enormous numbers from the mountains into the lowlands. [ 1913 Webster ]