[syn: nasalize, nasalise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nasalize \Na"sal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nasalized; p. pr. &
vb. n. Nasalizing.]
To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nasalize \Na"sal*ize\, v. t.
To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak
through the nose; to pronounce with a lowered velum.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nasalize
v 1: speak nasally or through the nose; "In this part of the
country, people tend to nasalize" [syn: nasalize,
nasalise]
2: pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her
vowels" [syn: nasalize, nasalise]