phonate
verb
pho·nate ˈfō-ˌnāt 
phonated; phonating
intransitive verb
: to produce vocal sounds and especially speech
phonation
fō-ˈnā-shən
noun 
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from phonation, borrowed from French, from Greek phōnḗ "voice, speech" + French -ation -ation — more at phono-
Note: The French word has been credited to the anatomist François Chaussier (1746-1828), but it is not clear where or even if he used it in a publication.
First Known Use
1876, in the meaning defined above
- starier
- stariest
- staring
- staring at
- staring at someone
- staring down
- staring out
- staring right at me
- staring someone in the face
- staringlier
- staringliest
- staringly
- starings
- stark
- Stark effect
- stark naked
- stark raving mad
- stark staring mad
- starked
- starken
- starkened
- starkening
- starkens
- starker
- starkers