Definition of Devoice

1. Verb. Utter with tense vocal chords.

Generic synonyms: Articulate, Enounce, Enunciate, Pronounce, Say, Sound Out
Antonyms: Voice

Definition of Devoice

1. Verb. (phonetics linguistics) To pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal chords ¹

2. Verb. (Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Devoice

1. to unvoice [v -VOICED, -VOICING, -VOICES] - See also: unvoice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Devoice

devive
devived
devives
deviving
devize
devkit
devkits
devling
devlings
devocalize
devocalized
devocalizes
devocalizing
devocation
devocations
devoice (current term)
devoiced
devoices
devoicing
devoid
devoid of(p)
devoidness
devoir
devoirs
devolatilization
devolatilizations
devolatilize
devolatilizer
devolatilizers
devolution

Literary usage of Devoice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"... voiced sibilant phonemes, developing late and from different origins in different linguistic domains, would tend to devoice throughout an entire region. ..."

2. American Wit and Humor: Choice Selections from the Boundless Humor of by George Wilbur Peck, Bill Nye, M. Quad (1895)
"... sah, when I h'ar devoice of distress." " Do you know what ails Brudder St. George?" "I understood dat he was seized wid a chill, an' de arternoon I was ..."

3. Decisions of the Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court and Bankruptcy Court of by Mauritius Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court, Supreme Court, Mauritius (1862)
"... to reduce her demand, for a total divorce, to a partial one might be sufficient to enable parties to proceed with the action for a partial devoice. ..."

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