Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To reduce in enunciation to a single sound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, linguistics To change to a
monophthong (as by removing a vowel). - verb intransitive, linguistics To become a monophthong.
Etymologies
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monophthong + -ize
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