phonated

Verb

phonate (third-person singular simple present phonates, present participle phonating, simple past and past participle phonated)

1. (intransitive) To make sounds with one's voice.
   • His voice is perfect; he phonates loudly and well.1873, John Murray, “On Three Peculiar Cases of Molluscum Fibrosum in Children […]”, in Medico-chirurgical Transactions, volume LVI, London: Published by the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of...
2. (transitive) To use one's voice to make specific sounds.
   • [T]he tongue may rise up in the mouth, even while the patient phonates the vowel "a" [eh], in which case it will also need to be depressed by the finger, as just described.1876, Bernard Fraenkel, “The General Diagnosis and Therapeutics of Diseases of the Nose, Naso-pharyngeal Space, Pharynx, and Larynx”, in Edward W. Schauffler, transl., edited by H[ugo Wilhelm] von...

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