misvocalize
misvocalize verb: to vocalize incorrectly.
Verb
misvocalize (third-person singular simple present misvocalizes, present participle misvocalizing, simple past and past participle misvocalized)
- To vocalize incorrectly.
- Notice further that Stuart either misvocalizes or miscounts the third line of the tri-colon (wayiqrabu gives ten syllables; Stuart vocalizes wayi-qrab but still gives the syllable count as ten);1981, Gordon Douglas Young, Ugarit in Retrospect, page 120
- For example, in the OT vowels of the Hebrew word for “shame” ( בושה) served to misvocalize Ashtart to Ashtoreth (1 Kgs 11:5, 33), Baal to Bosheth (Hos 9:10), and Melek to Molech (Jer 32:35; 2 Kgs 23:10).2013, Jack R. Lundbom, Deuteronomy: A Commentary, page 425
Forms of misvocalize
| third-person singular present | misvocalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | misvocalizing |
| past participle | misvocalized |
| past | misvocalized |
| alternative form | misvocalise |
Origin of misvocalize
From mis- + vocalize.
Questions about misvocalize
- What does misvocalize mean?
- Misvocalize means to vocalize incorrectly.
- What part of speech is misvocalize?
- Misvocalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misvocalize?
- The past tense of misvocalize is misvocalized.
Words near misvocalize in the dictionary
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