vocalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb utter with vibrating vocal chords
    sound; voice; vocalise.
  2. verb sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel
    vocalise.
  3. verb pronounce as a vowel
    vowelise; vocalise; vowelize.
    • between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized
  4. verb express or state clearly
    vocalise; enunciate; articulate.
  5. verb utter speech sounds
    vocalise; phonate.

WordNet

Vo"cal*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. vocaliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Vocalized ; present participle & verbal noun Vocalizing
Definitions
  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 1913