Definition of Phonate

1. Verb. Utter speech sounds.

Exact synonyms: Vocalise, Vocalize
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Phonation, Phone, Vocal, Vocalization, Vocalizer

Definition of Phonate

1. Verb. (medicine intransitive) To speak aloud. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phonate

1. to produce speech sounds [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phonate

phon-
phonable
phonacoscope
phonacoscopy
phonaemic
phonaemic regression
phonaestheme
phonaesthemes
phonaesthesia
phonaesthetic
phonal
phonarteriogram
phonarteriography
phonascetics
phonasthenia
phonate (current term)
phonated
phonates
phonathon
phonathons
phonating
phonation
phonations
phonatory
phonautogram
phonautograms
phonautograph
phonautographs
phone
phone-in

Literary usage of Phonate

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

1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"only vowel sounds were attempted, and gradually tht pressure and shaking were diminished, until the patient was able to phonate without assistance. ..."

2. Clinical Journal (1897)
"At first only vowel sounds were attempted, and gradually the pressure and shaking were diminished, until the patient was able to phonate without assistance. ..."

3. Clinical Lectures and Essays on Diseases of the Nervous System by John Syer Bristowe (1888)
"But she was quite unable to phonate and articulate at the same time. In the same way, the expiratory blast from the lungs which wakes the music of the ..."

4. Electrical Treatment by Wilfred Harris (1919)
"with inability to phonate aloud ; and when the larynx is examined with the laryngoscope the vocal cords are seen to be of the normal brilliant white colour, ..."

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