Meaning of VOCALIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'vowku`lIz
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- [v] utter speech sounds
- [v] utter with vibrating vocal chords
- [v] express or state clearly
- [v] pronounce as a vowel
- [v] sing with one vowel
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| | Synonyms: | | phonate, sound, vocalise, vocalise, voice, vowelise, vowelize |
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| | Antonyms: | | devoice | | |
| | See Also: | | articulate, chirk, enounce, enunciate, mouth, pronounce, quaver, say, sing, sound out, speak, state, talk, tell, utter, verbalise, verbalize, waver | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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