VENTRILOQUIZE

Etymology

Verb

ventriloquize (third-person singular simple present ventriloquizes, present participle ventriloquizing, simple past and past participle ventriloquized)

(intransitive) To practice ventriloquism.

(transitive) To speak the words of (another person), as though by ventriloquism.

Source: Wiktionary


Ven*tril"o*quize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ventriloquized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ventriloquizing .]

Definition: To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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