Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To devoice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make voiceless or non-sonant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make
toneless ; todeprive ofvowel quality.
Etymologies
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de- + vocalize
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