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Definition of Nasalising
1. nasalise [v] - See also: nasalise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasalising
Literary usage of Nasalising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"On the whole, therefore, m seems resolvable into the nasalising of the succeeding
vowel in every case which we have noticed, and it is most probable that ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"Neither is it at all probable that the prefix mu has anything to do with mbu =
the sea, if only because the m in mb is a nasalising of the labial, ..."
3. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"The former, of extreme importance for the proper comprehension of the language,
have two forms, short and long, and often possess the property of nasalising ..."
4. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"The former, of extreme importance for the proper comprehension of the language,
have two forms, short and long, and often possess the property of nasalising ..."
5. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Johan Winkler (1874)
"... only shewn by nasalising the preceding vowel. The ('n) alone,—becoming (m)
after labials—is preserved in the E., and the (э) alone in W., but, ..."
6. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"The final p is first nasalised (as in crump) and then lost, being only represented
by the nasalising liquid as in G. krumm or E. cram. ..."
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