[vo.cal.ize] vb -ized ; -iz.ing vt (1669) 1: to give voice to: utter; specif: sing
2. a: to make voiced rather than voiceless: voice b: to convert to a vowel
3: to furnish (as a consonantal Hebrew or Arabic text) with vowels or vowel points ~ vi 1: to utter vocal sounds
2: sing; specif: to sing without words -- vo.cal.i.za.tion n -- vo.cal.iz.er n