thematicize

verb3

1. •
   To make into or explore as a theme.

   • The project behind this conceptualization is to thematicize the spatial component of all phenomena. — 2005
2. •
   To insert a thematic vowel.

   • However, there is a normal unmarked order, and other word orders thematicize or topicalize. — 2001
3. •
   To change from an athematic type into a thematic one

   • As late PIE evolved and split into dialects, many of the old root nouns and consonant-stems were thematicized.