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Definition of Nasalise

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

2. Verb. Pronounce with a lowered velum. "She nasalizes all her vowels"

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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