1. A method in a computer system for, in a representation of one or more dictionaries comprising a plurality of text segments, characterizing the sense of an occurrence of a polysemous word, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a plurality of dictionary text segments each containing a first word; identifying among the selected dictionary text segments a first occurrence of a second word, the first occurrence of the second word having no word sense characterization; identifying among the selected dictionary text segments a second occurrence of the second word, the second occurrence of the second word having a word sense characterization; and attributing to the first occurrence of the second word the word sense characterization of the second occurrence of the second word.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified occurrences of the second word both have the verb part of speech, and wherein the attributing step is only performed where the identified occurrences of the second word are either both transitive verbs or are both intransitive verbs.