Definition of Labialize

1. Verb. Pronounce with rounded lips.

Exact synonyms: Labialise, Round
Generic synonyms: Articulate, Enounce, Enunciate, Pronounce, Say, Sound Out

Definition of Labialize

1. v. t. To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

Definition of Labialize

1. Verb. (transitive) To round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Labialize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Labialize

labidometer
labidometers

Literary usage of Labialize

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

1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"It is right to state that Brugmann, while distinguishing between the Aryan languages which labialize and those which do not ..."

2. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"Felis Leo; lioness (female); whelp, lionel (young); Leo; griffin. lionlike, a. leonine. lip, n. Associated words: labial, labially, labialize, ..."

3. Studies in Honor of Basil L. Gildersleeve by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1902)
"... languages all fail to labialize before u, and I see no reason why this phenomenon may not be dated in the Aryan period, whence beside QOW we might ..."

4. The Technique of Speech: A Guide to the Study of Diction According to the by Dora Duty Jones (1909)
"The only test of the correct tongue position for this, as for all covered or modified vowels, is to de- labialize the resonance. (See page 89. ..."

5. Relliquiæ Philologicæ: Or, Essays in Comparative Philology by Herbert Dukinfield Darbishire (1895)
"... not labialize in Greek, and the phonetic probabilities point the other way. (2) In all the certain examples the v is without etymological justification. ..."

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