Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vocalize"
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) 1.7 (wn)
vocalize
v 1: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: {voice}, {sound}, {vocalise}]
[ant: {devoice}]
2: sing with one vowel [syn: {vocalise}]
3: pronounce as a vowel [syn: {vocalise}, {vowelize}]
4: express or state clearly [syn: {articulate}, {enunciate}, {vocalise}]
5: utter speech sounds [syn: {phonate}]
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