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vocalize |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vocalize \Vo"cal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vocalized}; p. pr & vb n. {Vocalizing}.] [Cf. F. vocaliser.] 1. To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to It is one thing to give an impulse to breath alone, another thing to vocalize that breath. --Holder. 2. To practice singing on the vowel sounds. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vocalize v 1: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: {voice}, {sound}] [ant: {devoice}] 2: sing with one vowel 3: pronounce as a vowel [syn: {vowelize}] 4: express or state clearly [syn: {articulate}, {enunciate}]
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