Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To produce speech sounds; vocalize.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To utter vocal sounds; produce a noise with the vocal cords.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb medicine, intransitive To
speak aloud .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb utter speech sounds
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Examples
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Once onstage there was no way I could phonate on certain notes.
Susanne Mentzer: The Unsingable Susanne Mentzer 2011
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Once onstage there was no way I could phonate on certain notes.
Susanne Mentzer: The Unsingable Susanne Mentzer 2011
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They can crudely chew and phonate mediated by other cranial nerves but can't smile or frown or otherwise express emotion.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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The _ventricular bands_ or false vocal cords vicariously phonate in the absence of the true cords, and assist in the protective function of the larynx.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The movements of the vocal cords should be observed during both respiration and phonation, and for the latter purpose the patient should be directed to phonate the vowel sound "eh."
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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"First, the ability to learn new vocal tones and phonate them; second, the ability to arrange the tones according to a rule; third, the ability to match the tones and meanings; and fourth, the ability to use the voice appropriately in a population.
innovations-report 2010
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