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Definition of Phonate
1. Verb. Utter speech sounds.
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
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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