Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To insert a vowel or vowels into.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
pronounce as a vowel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vocalize, vocalise, vowelise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
History
From vowel + -ize.
