without+vocality

  • 1Close vowel — Vowel Vow el, n. [F. voyelle, or an OF. form without y, L. vocalis (sc. littera), from vocalis sounding, from vox, vocis, a voice, sound. See {Vocal}.] (Phon.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage,… …

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  • 2Vowel — Vow el, n. [F. voyelle, or an OF. form without y, L. vocalis (sc. littera), from vocalis sounding, from vox, vocis, a voice, sound. See {Vocal}.] (Phon.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the… …

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  • 3Vowel point — Vowel Vow el, n. [F. voyelle, or an OF. form without y, L. vocalis (sc. littera), from vocalis sounding, from vox, vocis, a voice, sound. See {Vocal}.] (Phon.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage,… …

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  • 4toneless — a. Unintonated, aspirated, atonic, surd, pronounced with a simple breathing, without tone, without vocality, not sonant …

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  • 5aspirate — I. a. 1. Aspirated, toneless, unintonated, atonic, surd, pronounced with a simple breathing, not vocal, without vocality, without tone. 2. Pronounced with the rough breathing. II. n. (Gram.) Rough breathing. III. v. a. Pronounce with an aspirate… …

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  • 6Breathe — Breathe, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. [1913 Webster] To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; with into. [1913 Webster] Able… …

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  • 7To breathe a vein — Breathe Breathe, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. [1913 Webster] To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; with into. [1913… …

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  • 8To breathe again — Breathe Breathe, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. [1913 Webster] To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; with into. [1913… …

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  • 9To breathe one's last — Breathe Breathe, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. [1913 Webster] To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; with into. [1913… …

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  • 10surd — a. 1. (Math.) Radical, incommensurable. 2. (Orthoepy.) Aspirate, toneless, unintonated, atonic, unheard, without vocality, pronounced with a simple breathing …

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