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de•vo•cal•ize  (dē vō′kə līz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. [Phonet.]
  1. Phoneticsto devoice.
  2. Phoneticsto convert (a speech sound) from a vowel to a glide.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] de•vo′cal•ise′. 
  • de- + vocalize 1875–80
de•vo′cal•i•za′tion, n. 

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