lipread

[lip-reed]

lip·read

[lip-reed] verb, lip·read [-red] , lip·read·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
verb (used without object)
2.
to use lipreading.

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Compare speechread.


Origin:
1890–95; lip + read1

lip·read·er, noun
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lipread

verb
interpret by lipreading; of deaf people 
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