vocalize

vocalize
Point Point (point), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.] 1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. [1913 Webster]

2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. [1913 Webster]

3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. [1913 Webster]

Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. [1913 Webster]

5. To mark (a text, as in Arabic or Hebrew) with {vowel points}; -- also called {vocalize}.

Syn: vocalize. [1913 Webster + RP]

6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. [1913 Webster]

8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. [1913 Webster]

9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. [1913 Webster]

{To point a rope} (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles.

{To point a sail} (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs.

{To point off}, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures.

{To point the yards} (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten. [1913 Webster]


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  • vocalize — index communicate, enunciate, observe (remark), phrase, pronounce (speak), remark Burton s Legal The …   Law dictionary

  • vocalize — (v.) 1660s, from VOCAL (Cf. vocal) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Vocalized; vocalizing …   Etymology dictionary

  • vocalize — (Amer.) vo·cal·ize || vəʊkÉ™laɪz v. produce a sound; pronounce a consonant as a vowel; sing; express a feeling or opinion out loud; mark an unvowelled text with vowel marks (also vocalise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • vocalize — [v] put into words or song belt out*, canary*, chant, chirp, communicate, convey, croon, emit, enunciate, express, give out*, groan, impart, let out*, moan, pronounce, say, shout, sing, sound, speak, talk, utter, vent, verbalize, voice, warble,… …   New thesaurus

  • vocalize — (also vocalise) ► VERB 1) utter (a sound or word). 2) express (something) with words. 3) Music sing with several notes to one vowel. DERIVATIVES vocalization noun …   English terms dictionary

  • vocalize — [vō′kəl īz΄] vt. vocalized, vocalizing 1. a) to give utterance to; express with the voice; speak or sing b) to make capable of vocal expression; make vocal, or articulate 2. to add diacritical vowel marks to (the exclusively consonantal… …   English World dictionary

  • vocalize — [[t]vo͟ʊkəlaɪz[/t]] vocalizes, vocalizing, vocalized (in BRIT, also use vocalise) 1) VERB If you vocalize a feeling or an idea, you express it in words. [V n] Archbishop Hunthausen also vocalized his beliefs that women and homosexuals should be… …   English dictionary

  • vocalize — UK [ˈvəʊkəlaɪz] / US [ˈvoʊk(ə)lˌaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms vocalize : present tense I/you/we/they vocalize he/she/it vocalizes present participle vocalizing past tense vocalized past participle vocalized to sing or say something with your… …   English dictionary

  • vocalize — verb /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/ a) To express with the voice, to utter. Following the modern spirit, the real poems of the present, ever solidifying and expanding into the future, must vocalize the vastness and splendor and reality with which scientism has… …   Wiktionary

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