v.
Pronunciation: ' v ō -k ə - ˌ l ī z
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -ized ; -iz · ing
Date: 1669
transitive verb
1 : to give voice to : UTTER specifically : 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
intransitive verb
1 : to utter vocal sounds
2 : SING specifically : to sing without words
– vo · cal · i · za · tion \ ˌ v ō -k ə -l ə - ' z ā -sh ə n \ noun
– vo · cal · iz · er \ ' v ō -k ə - ˌ l ī -z ə r \ noun