[voh-kuh-lahyz] 
verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.| 1. | to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing. |
| 2. | to endow with a voice; cause to utter. |
| 3. | Phonetics.
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| 4. | (of Hebrew, Arabic, and other writing systems that do not usually indicate vowels) to furnish with vowels or vowel points. |
| 5. | to use the voice, as in speech or song. |
| 6. | to sing without uttering words, esp. to warm up the voice, practice vowel sounds, etc., before a performance. |
| 7. | to sing scales, arpeggios, trills, or the like, usually to a solmization syllable or a vowel sound. |
| 8. | Phonetics. to become changed into a vowel. |
| sub·vo·cal·ize (sŭb-vō'kə-līz') tr. & intr.v. sub·vo·cal·ized, sub·vo·cal·iz·ing, sub·vo·cal·iz·es To articulate or engage in articulation by moving the lips or other speech organs without making audible sounds, as in reading to oneself. sub·vo'cal·i·za'tion (-kə-lĭ-zā'shən) n., sub·vo'cal·iz'er n. |
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