Lexicalizes vs Lexicalized - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between lexicalizes and lexicalized

is that lexicalizes is third-person singular of lexicalize while lexicalized is past tense of lexicalize.

(head)

(lexicalize)

(lexicalization)

* lexicalise

(lexicaliz)

To convert to a single lexical unit, as a group of words with meaning beyond their parts.

* 1975 , Eric H. Lenneberg, Elizabeth Lenneberg, Foundations of Language Development: A Multidisciplinary Approach , volume 1, page 192

In fact, the child will lexicalize one, two, or three elements of the semantic representation according to his lexicalization span.