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Pronounce

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.

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Manner of action 41

Accent 76% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Accentuate 76% connected

To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

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Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Aspirate 76% connected

To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

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Assoil 76% connected

To set free; to release.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Click 76% connected

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

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Convict 76% connected

Proved or found guilty; convicted.

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Disqualify 76% connected

To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state,…

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Drawl 76% connected

To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

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Exculpate 76% connected

To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.

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Exonerate 76% connected

To unload; to disburden; to discharge.

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Explode 76% connected

To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Flap 76% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Intonate 76% connected

To thunder.

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Intone 76% connected

To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.

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Labialize 76% connected

To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

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Lilt 76% connected

To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.

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Lisp 76% connected

To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.

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Mispronounce 76% connected

To pronounce incorrectly.

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Misspeak 76% connected

To err in speaking.

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Nasalize 76% connected

To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

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Qualify 76% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Retroflex 76% connected

Alt. of Retroflexed

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Sibilate 76% connected

To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Stress 76% connected

Distress.

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Syllabize 76% connected

To syllabify.

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Tout 76% connected

To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

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Trill 76% connected

To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.

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Twang 76% connected

A tang. See Tang a state.

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Vocalize 76% connected

To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.

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Voice 76% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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Vowelize 76% connected

To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.

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Adjudge 76% connected

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Derivationally related 8

Articulation 74% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Articulation 74% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Articulative 74% connected

Of or pertaining to articulation.

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Articulative 74% connected

Of or pertaining to articulation.

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Articulator 74% connected

One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stam…

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Articulator 74% connected

One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stam…

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Assessment 74% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

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Assessment 74% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

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Entails 5

Mouth 72% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Speak 72% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 72% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 72% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 72% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Synonym 6

Articulate 92% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Enounce 92% connected

To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.

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Enunciate 92% connected

To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

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Judge 92% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Label 92% connected

A tassel.

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Say 92% connected

Saw.

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