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Nasalize

Nasalize \Na"sal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nasalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Nasalizing.] To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

Nasalize

Nasalize \Na"sal*ize\, v. t. To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose; to pronounce with a lowered velum.

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nasalize

alt. 1 To speak through the nose. 2 To make a nasal sound when speaking. 3 (context phonetics English) To lower the uvula so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound. vb. 1 To speak through the nose. 2 To make a nasal sound when speaking. 3 (context phonetics English) To lower the uvula so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.

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nasalize

  1. v. speak nasally or through the noze; "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize" [syn: nasalise]

  2. pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels" [syn: nasalise]

Usage examples of "nasalize".

He shouted at the charging men in their own tongue, a speech with many glottalized stops, nasalized vowels, and a swift-rising but slowdescending intonation.