Definitions for: Vocalize


[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



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: phonate, sound, vocalise, vocalise, voice, vowelise, vowelize

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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