Pronounce vs Devoice - What's the difference?
pronounce | devoice |
To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
* , chapter=5
, title= To pass judgment.
To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
* 1869 , (Mark Twain), The Innocents Abroad , page 182:
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To produce the components of speech.
To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
To read aloud.
(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.
As verbs the difference between pronounce and devoice
is that pronounce is to formally declare, officially or ceremoniously while devoice is (phonetics) to pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal cords.pronounce
English
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(pronounc)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced . The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
- They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce' it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they ' pronounce .