nasalize, v.
(ˈneɪzəlaɪz)
[f. nasal a. + -ize: cf. F. nasaliser.]
a. intr. To speak nasally or through the nose. b. trans. To render nasal in pronunciation; to utter with a nasal sound. Hence ˈnasalized ppl. a., ˈnasalizing ppl. a. and vbl. n.
| 1846 in Worcester. 1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 337 Some such strongly-nasalized sound. 1868 G. Stephens Runic Mon. I. 257 The..slurring and nasalizing and falling-away of the N in the later Scandinavian dialects. 1888 H. Sweet Eng. Sounds 38 Nothing is more common than the nasalizing influence of a nasal on a preceding vowel. |