VOCALIZE

vocalize, vocalise, phonate

(verb) utter speech sounds

voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise

(verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords

articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise

(verb) express or state clearly

vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise

(verb) pronounce as a vowel; “between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized”

vocalize, vocalise

(verb) sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

vocalize (third-person singular simple present vocalizes, present participle vocalizing, simple past and past participle vocalized)

To express with the voice, to utter.

(of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.

(music) To sing without using words.

(linguistics) To turn a consonant into a vowel.

(linguistics, dated) To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.

(linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)

Synonyms

• (of humans): outspeak (rarely used as a synonym of vocalize)

Source: Wiktionary

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Vo"cal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vocalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vocalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. vocaliser.]

1. To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to. It is one thing to give an impulse to breath alone, another thing to vocalize that breath. Holder.

2. To practice singing on the vowel sounds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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