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Definition of Devoice
1. Verb. Utter with tense vocal chords.
Definition of Devoice
1. Verb. (phonetics linguistics) To pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal chords ¹
2. Verb. (Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Devoice
1. to unvoice [v -VOICED, -VOICING, -VOICES] - See also: unvoice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devoice
Literary usage of Devoice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"... voiced sibilant phonemes, developing late and from different origins in
different linguistic domains, would tend to devoice throughout an entire region. ..."
2. American Wit and Humor: Choice Selections from the Boundless Humor of by George Wilbur Peck, Bill Nye, M. Quad (1895)
"... sah, when I h'ar devoice of distress." " Do you know what ails Brudder St.
George?" "I understood dat he was seized wid a chill, an' de arternoon I was ..."
3. Decisions of the Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court and Bankruptcy Court of by Mauritius Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court, Supreme Court, Mauritius (1862)
"... to reduce her demand, for a total divorce, to a partial one might be sufficient
to enable parties to proceed with the action for a partial devoice. ..."
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