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VOWELIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vowelize ... he / she / it vowelizes
Past simple: vowelized
Past participle: vowelized
-ing form: vowelizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pronounce as a vowel
Example:
between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized
Synonyms:
vocalise; vocalize; vowelise; vowelize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vowelize" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
vowel (a speech sound made with the vocal tract open)
