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labialize

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la⋅bi⋅al⋅ize

  [ley-bee-uh-lahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing. Phonetics.
to give a labial character to (a sound), for example, to round (a vowel).
Also, especially British, la⋅bi⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1865–70; labial + -ize

Related forms:
la⋅bi⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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la·bi·al·ize   (lā'bē-ə-līz')   
tr.v.   la·bi·al·ized, la·bi·al·iz·ing, la·bi·al·iz·es
To round (a speech sound); make labial.
la'bi·al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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