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vocalize

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vo⋅cal⋅ize

  [voh-kuh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use vocalize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
2. to endow with a voice; cause to utter.
3. Phonetics.
a. to voice.
b. to change into a vowel (contrasted with consonantalize ).
4. (of Hebrew, Arabic, and other writing systems that do not usually indicate vowels) to furnish with vowels or vowel points.
–verb (used without object)
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.
Also, especially British, vocalise.

Origin:
1660–70; vocal + -ize

Related forms:
vo⋅cal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
vo⋅cal⋅iz⋅er, noun
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vo·cal·ize   (vō'kə-līz')   
v.   vo·cal·ized, vo·cal·iz·ing, vo·cal·iz·es

v.   tr.

  1. To produce with the voice.

  2. To give voice to; articulate: vocalize popular sentiment.

  3. To mark (a vowelless Hebrew text, for example) with vowel points.

  4. Linguistics

    1. To change (a consonant) into a vowel during articulation.

    2. To voice.

v.   intr.

    1. To use the voice.

    2. Music To sing.

  2. Linguistics To be changed into a vowel.

vo'cal·i·za'tion (-kə-lĭ-zā'shən) n., vo'cal·iz'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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