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Vocalize

verb
(past & past part. vocalized; pres. part. vocalizing)
1.
Utter with vibrating vocal chords.  Synonyms: sound, vocalise, voice.  Antonym: devoice.
2.
Sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel.  Synonym: vocalise.
3.
Pronounce as a vowel.  Synonyms: vocalise, vowelise, vowelize.
4.
Express or state clearly.  Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, vocalise.
5.
Utter speech sounds.  Synonyms: phonate, vocalise.



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"Vocalize" Quotes from Famous Books



... threw back his grizzled head in a laugh that failed to vocalize. "Well, Jim, according to your account you're liable to get burned and singed and disfigured until you're as useless in politics as this old ...
— In the Heart of a Fool • William Allen White

... orthoepy[obs3]; cacoepy[obs3]; euphony &c. (melody) 413. gastriloquism[obs3], ventriloquism; ventriloquist; polyphonism[obs3], polyphonist[obs3]. [Science of voice] phonology &c. (sound) 402. V. utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry &c. (shout) 411; ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate|, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear. Adj. vocal, phonetic, oral; ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous; euphonious &c. (melodious) 413. Phr. "how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman" ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... in the warmth, the two fat girls in the kitchen began to vocalize with low sweet voices that harmonized pleasantly, 'Do, re, mi, si, la, si, do.' Evidently there had been a singing school in the neighborhood. Presently they struck into 'Marching Along,' which they sang ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... choice, election, suffrage. Associated Words: phonology, phonetics, phonation, phonography, oral, vocal, non-vocal, aphonic, arsis, ictus, vocalize, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming



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