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Webster 1913 Edition
Vocalize
Vo′cal-ize
(vō′kal-īz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vocalized
(vō′kal-īzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vocalizing
(vō′kal-ī-zĭng)
.] [Cf. F.
vocaliser
.] 1.
To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.
It is one thing to give an impulse to breath alone, another thing to
vocalize
that breath. Holder.
2.
To practice singing on the vowel sounds.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vocalize
VO'CALIZE
,Verb.
T.
It is one thing to give impulse to breath alone, and another to vocalize that breath.