That's a pretty different phenomenon that probably usually occurs much more slowly and not at the whim of a small number of powerful people/organizations.
Re:The Absolute Denial of Shit
by cryptonector on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @06:21PM
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No, it occurs at the whim of the people. I don't know the etymology of it, but I suspect that the "make-out" meaning of "embracer" in French was not a result of "powerful people/organizations" pushing it.
Er, this happens all the time, writing or not. So many words in the languages I speak fluently have changed meaning over hundreds of years -- especially in French!
This is not a bad thing, provided the rate of redefinition is low enough and that we record the changes so we can understand older writings.