Definition of Nasalise

1. Verb. Speak nasally or through the nose. "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize"

Exact synonyms: Nasalize
Related verbs: Nasalize
Generic synonyms: Articulate, Enounce, Enunciate, Pronounce, Say, Sound Out
Derivative terms: Nasalization

2. Verb. Pronounce with a lowered velum. "She nasalizes all her vowels"
Exact synonyms: Nasalize
Related verbs: Nasalize
Generic synonyms: Articulate, Enounce, Enunciate, Pronounce, Say, Sound Out
Derivative terms: Nasalisation, Nasalization

Definition of Nasalise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of nasalize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nasalise

1. to nasalize [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] - See also: nasalize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasalise

nasal sinus
nasal spine of frontal bone
nasal surface of maxilla
nasal surface of palatine bone
nasal twang
nasal valve
nasal venous arch
nasal venules of retina
nasal vowel
nasal vowels
nasale
nasalis
nasalis muscle
nasalisation
nasalisations
nasalise (current term)
nasalised
nasalises
nasalising
nasalism
nasalisms
nasalities
nasality
nasalization
nasalizations
nasalize
nasalized
nasalizes
nasalizing
nasally

Literary usage of Nasalise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1887)
"The numerals seith and (oith), wyth, though now tht nasalise, do not do so in the oldest monuments. ..."

2. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1891)
"But (2) there was a tendency to nasalise the vowel a before m and «, without absorbing the consonants themselves. The nasalised vowel was often written au, ..."

3. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"When it is mentioned that the Athapascan, Algonquin, Iroquois, Dacota, and Choctaw both nasalise and ..."

4. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"When it is mentioned that the Athapascan, Algonquin, Iroquois, Dacota, and Choctaw both nasalise and ..."

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