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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. speak nasally or through the nose;
- Example: "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize"
[syn: nasalize, nasalise]

2. pronounce with a lowered velum;
- Example: "She nasalizes all her vowels"
[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]