unvoicev.
transitive. To deprive of voice; spec. in Phonetics, to utter with ‘breath’ in place of ‘voice’.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)]
unvoice1637
disvoice1865
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [verb (transitive)] > devoice
devocalize1877
unvoice1879
devoice1932
1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 402 As though an Incubus..Enclaspt their bosomes, and un-voyc'd their tongues.
1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 702.
1879 Sweet Coll. Papers (1913) 456 In Russian, as in French, a high final vowel is often unvoiced after a breath stop.
1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 19 Liquids and nasals are not often unvoiced.
Derivatives
unˈvoicing n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiceless quality > devoicing
devocalization1879
unvoicing1887
devoicing1950
1887 W. W. Skeat Princ. Eng. Etymol. 1st Ser. 392 Unvoicing of voiced consonants.
1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 198 This unvoicing of weak stops.
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