consonantize

English

Etymology

consonant +‎ -ize

Verb

consonantize (third-person singular simple present consonantizes, present participle consonantizing, simple past and past participle consonantized)

  1. (transitive) To change into, or use as, a consonant.
    • Peile
      The vowel is consonantized, that is, made closer in position.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for consonantize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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