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Definition of Devocalize
1. v. t. To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
Definition of Devocalize
1. Verb. (transitive) To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Devocalize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devocalize
Literary usage of Devocalize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... not -er (see a/so di-). devitalize*, to render lifeless, not -ise. devocalize*,
to make voiceless, not -ise. devoir*, an act of civility (not ital.). ..."
2. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1881)
"(1) is formd with concave tung, as in E. (k. t, p) hav a stronger escape of breth
than in E., and devocalize a following (r) or (I), as in tri 'three ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... passage is—the more like it is to a consonant, and the are natural it is to
devocalize it. Some voice consonants, the other hand, have so little buzz ..."
4. A Primer of Phonetics by Henry Sweet (1892)
"If we devocalize the n of such a word as eaten, making it into f(DDl with a
strongly snorted ~i, we can hear and feel the uvula-explosion distinctly. ..."
5. A Primer of Spoken English by Henry Sweet (1890)
"... of course, strongest at the beginning of a strong syllable. If followed by a
voiced consonant, they devocalize its first half, as in trai ' try ' ..."
6. Author & Printer: A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers, Correctors of the by Frederick Howard Collins (1905)
"... not -er (see also di-). devitalize*, to render lifeless, not -ise. devocalize*,
to make voiceless, not -ise. devoir*, an act of civility (not ital.). ..."
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