Devoice vs Bevoice - What's the difference?
devoice | bevoice |
(phonetics) To pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal cords
(Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.
(rare) To give voice to; endow with a voice.
*1977 , Alekse? Remizov, The fifth pestilence :
As verbs the difference between devoice and bevoice
is that devoice is to pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal cords while bevoice is to give voice to; endow with a voice.devoice
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(devoic)bevoice
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(bevoic)- [...] the parson silent, unable to utter any word or to make any disposition, and his speech returned suddenly when his wife, who had tried all means to bevoice the old man, decided on an extreme measure ; and taking a twenty-five rouble note, [...]