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vocable |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vocable \Vo"ca*ble\, n. [L. vocabulum an appellation, designation, name fr vocare to call fr vox, vocis, a voice, a word: cf F. vocable. See {Voice}.] A word a term; a name specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning. Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables. --Carlyle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vocable n : a word that is spoken aloud [syn: {spoken word}]
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